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Gateway of a town with alternatives

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Rustic door frame with triangular pediment and topped by an escutcheon on a pedestal. A tower is a cone shape at left, kind of pylon, at right. Colored.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
1780–1790
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
Image: 20.5 x 20.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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