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Drawing, Triumphal arch standing in a pool
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1800-1805 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on blue-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
These drawings were probably alternative ideas for the triumphal arch designed by Barberi for the Festa della Federazione in Rome, March 20 1798. It was erected at the end of the Ponte Sant’Angelo. During the brief existence of the Roman Republic, Barberi was in charge of various cultural affairs and was the architect and planner for all the structures and events for the festival.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
22 × 34.5 cm (8 11/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Triumphal arch standing in a pool; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on blue-white laid paper; 22 × 34.5 cm (8 11/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1193
