Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy
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Object Details
- Artist
- Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Description
- An ornate mantelpiece, decorated with sculpted reliefs of lion heads and scrolls, occupies the center of the design. A carved frame, supported by pilasters and ornamented with garlands, rosettes, and griffins terminates in a triangular pediment. The overmantel contains an antique bust of Antinous in profile lightly drawn in graphite. Flanking the mantelpiece are two men. On the right, a man who seems to be of humble origins, accompanied by a dog, crouches, holding wooden planks. On the left, a well-dressed man stands and watches, holding a walking stick.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- 1755–57
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-1326
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture, interiors
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 26.9 cm (14 x 10 9/16 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_1901-39-1326
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48fe09e2b-165e-44a2-9c29-4aa540937ce1
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