Design for a Catafalque for Charles Emanuel III of Sardinia
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Two winged genii, symbolizing death, sit on pilasters supporting a sarcophagus to Carl Emanuel III. Pedestals on either side support two candle brackets with burning candles and two putti. Above, a broken pediment supports a putto sitting at left and holding a medallion of the King. Two additional putti support the crown. All is adorned with festoons and swags. Below are groups of men, of whom one is extinguishing a candle and another is walking with new lights. At right, two women appear, one running and the other accompanied by a dog.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1773
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-1551
- Artist
- Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 50.2 x 33 cm (19 3/4 x 13 in.)
- made in
- Rome, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Record ID
- chndm_1901-39-1551
