Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy
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Object Details
- Designer
- Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Intended to be executed in marble and gilt bronze. Below, an oblong pedestal, upon three steps supported by calices. Alternative designs are suggested for the protruding corners of the pedestal. Above these are standing women with cornucopias. The front of the pedestal is decorated like an entablature; in the frieze hang festoons with circular portrait medallions above them. In the center is an oblong pedestal with two griffins disposed obliquely at the corners, carrying a festoon. Between them is a tablet with relief showing two women, the left of whom wears a crescent in her hair. Above, sculpture in the round of two seated captives supporting a globe, showing Europe, upon their shoulders. At top, Saturn stands on one foot, supporting a dial marked with Roman numerals. Plan at upper right and inscription throughout.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-1518
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- metalwork
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 42.7 x 31.8 cm (16 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)
- made in
- 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_1901-39-1518
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45b245ef6-a3b4-4c99-8420-008adf183d49
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