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Two Designs for Trophies

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Two designs for trophies. Below are the bases. In the center are panoplies. Upper design: two genii hold two of the shields, a putto points at one of them. Lower design: below in the center stands a captive, flanked by two genii holding sheets. Both designs are squared, the squares being laterally numbered up to 12.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
Date
early 19th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and ink, graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.5 × 9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Type
sculpture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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