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Design for a Gate of a Villa

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Object Details

Artist
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Pilasters with mounds on top frame of the opening. Volutes connect their upper parts with the garden wall, the nearest parts to the gate of which are shaped as panels flanked by pilasters. A man stand in the opening. Measurements are inscribed. On verso: “Debbito di…(?) Lem Le / Credito mio / Gerchecca (?) / …(?) in man d(I) G…o(?)Cunder(?)” and struck out accounts.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
1750–55
Accession Number
1901-39-619
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and ink on laid paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 19.6 cm (10 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1901-39-619
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b572e43b-c795-4163-97c9-d219e3524543
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