File:Drawing, Design for an Andiron, late 18th century (CH 18548073).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for an Andiron, late 18th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Design for an Andiron, late 18th century
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. Design for an andiron with a scheme similar to 1938-88-630. The entablature is supported by a baluster at left, in the manner of a tripod at right. Above it stands a vase with fire, from which smoke rises, at left, a caryatid carrying a similar vase, at right. Inscription above, scale below.
Date late 18th century
Medium pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on light blue paper
Dimensions 31.1 × 21.9 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1938-88-631
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
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and ink, upper center: Sacerdotessa, o Sia Vestale La quale / avea cura di mantenere sempre vivo il fuoco / per fare Sagrefici motivo per cui posa sopra / L'ara mostrando vigilanza; in pen and ink, below the drawing: H; in pen and ink, below the scale: Scala di palmi dui passetto Romano; in pen and ink, verso, below the scale: pal 1 X 5 / alto S 8 / Stinge alta S 9
  • Country: Italy
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