Design for a Door Frame

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
An inscription tablet from which two garlands are suspended in front of the top part of the door frame. The over door is formed by a niche between two low cornices; bust of a pope. Two reading men in the doorway, a third one slightly sketched at left.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
ca. 1775
Accession Number
1901-39-2175
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Black crayon, black wash, graphite on paper
Dimensions
40.7 x 23.1 cm (16 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
made in
Rome, Italy
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Record ID
chndm_1901-39-2175
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bc9a9559-a1ec-42d5-bde5-652218dd6c7f
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