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Design for a Door Frame

Object Details

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.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
Date
ca. 1775
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Black crayon, black wash, graphite on paper
Dimensions
40.7 x 23.1 cm (16 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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