File:Drawing, Design for a Chimney Piece, 1800 (CH 18548275).jpg
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English: Drawing, Design for a Chimney Piece, 1800 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Drawing, Design for a Chimney Piece, 1800 |
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Description |
English: Horizontal rectangle. Design for a chimney piece intended to be executed in marble and bronze. Gaines with women, who support with their outside arms the entablature, are standing upon bases in front of the lateral pillar stripes. The frieze is decorated with half-figures of winged monsters standing symmetrically beside a candelabrum. In the intervals stand athletes holding crossed reins. Below is the plan and the scale. |
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Date |
1800 date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 35.7 × 47.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 13/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Current location |
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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Accession number |
1938-88-639 |
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Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Watermark: [V]ANDER LEY and Strasburg bend and lily, bending to the left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo |
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