Altar to Apollo from the Villa di Cicerone, after a print by Piranesi
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Object Details
- Attributed to
- Donato Vaselli, Italian
- After
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Perspective view of the Apollo altar, decorated with the heads and feet of lions, figures, a crab, fruit, and ornamental patterns. Rendering shows effects of light and of the floor. Two framing lines.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-480
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 40.6 × 33.8 cm (16 in. × 13 5/16 in.)
- made in
- Rome, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-480
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42a59c606-f06a-4907-93e8-86deb93adc56
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