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GIUSEPPE BARBERI. Design for a Baptismal Font

GIUSEPPE BARBERI. The bowl has below a leaf chalice and above a protruding band with festoons supported by bow-knots. It is supported by a square base, with a plinth below and an upper molded panel with two lead chalices at the sides and rinceaux springing from a head in the inner panel. The lid forms a high curved pedestal, with a row of upright scrolls with chrubim in the lower intervals. On top St. John the Baptist as boy, sitting. Usual background. Date: ca. 1775. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper.

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Author:

Giuseppe Barberi (1746-1809)

Title:

Design for a Baptismal Font

Caption:

The bowl has below a leaf chalice and above a protruding band with festoons supported by bow-knots. It is supported by a square base, with a plinth below and an upper molded panel with two lead chalices at the sides and rinceaux springing from a head in the inner panel. The lid forms a high curved pedestal, with a row of upright scrolls with chrubim in the lower intervals. On top St. John the Baptist as boy, sitting. Usual background. Date: ca. 1775. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper.

Technique/material:

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

Museum:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Credit:

Abum

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:

2536 x 3600 px | 26.1 MB

Print size:

21.5 x 30.5 cm | 8.5 x 12.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM • DRAWING • PEN AND BROWN INK, BRUSH AND BROWN WASH ON LINED OFF-WHITE LAID PAPER