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Drawing, Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi and created by Giuseppe Barberi and dedicatee: Louis XVI, King of France. It is dated 1793 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, red ink on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

40.1 x 29.6 cm (15 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

It is inscribed

Inscription: "LVIGI. XVI,"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France; Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Dedicatee: Louis XVI, King of France; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, red ink on off-white laid paper; 40.1 x 29.6 cm (15 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1288

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