Artworks · Giuseppe Barberi, Italian

Elevation for a Public Building

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

19.8 x 26.7 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two doorknobs

1790 · metalwork, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 17.1 x 9.7 cm (6 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Designs for Bedroom Alcove Wall Elevations

1790 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 27.9 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Decoration for portrait of Pope Pius VI and royal couple

1790 · ornament, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 27.5 x 17.4 cm (10 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Ceiling Decoration

1790 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 10.5 x 9.8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for an Altar

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

24.8 x 18.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of an Alcove

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 14.4 x 12.4 cm (5 11/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Bed alcove and chimney mantel

1790 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-whtie laid paper, lined

Image: 18.4 x 27.6 cm (7 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Console Table

1790 · furniture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 10.3 x 6.1 cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of a Palace

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper

19.7 x 27.5 cm (7 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevations of a Mausoleum

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

20.2 x 20.8 cm (7 15/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Candlesticks

1790 · metalwork, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 26.9 x 19.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of a Town Mansion

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Image: 13 x 18.4 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of a funeral chapel

1790 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper

Image: 20.5 x 38.4 cm (8 1/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

1790 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 38.2 x 32.5 cm (15 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Recto: candlesticks; Verso: mausoleum in a church-like hall

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 25.2 x 19.9 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for ceiling decoration

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 15.9 x 27.4 cm (6 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Overmirror Decoration, Blank Roundel with Grotesques, for the Noble Cabinet of the Palazzo Altieri

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 16.9 x 25.3 cm (6 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 18.8 x 20.9 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elevation, End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri, Rome

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 19.9 x 27.5 cm (7 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Pavillion

1789 · graphic design, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white paper

19.7 x 26.8 cm (7 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Kaffeehaus

1789 · graphic design, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

16.7 x 22.8 cm (6 9/16 x 9 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Door wall elevation

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 13.4 x 12.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for the Decoration Above a Mirror, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 17.1 x 21.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

27.4 x 19.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Decoration of a Panel

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 17.2 x 22.6 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for ceiling decoration

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown washon off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 10.4 x 20.9 cm (4 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Doorcase

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

23 x 14.7 cm (9 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Doorcase

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 24.4 x 15.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Candelabrum, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

1789 · metalwork, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 18.4 x 13 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Mantelpieceand Adjoining Wall Friezes

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 12.1 x 8.2 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Mantelpiece Decoration

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 24.9 x 18.9 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Side Wings in a Stage Set, Perspectives

1789 · theater, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 19.5 x 27.2 cm (7 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Console table

1789 · furniture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on off-white laid paper

Image: 15.9 x 22.8 cm (6 1/4 x 9 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Gateway

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 19.8 x 27.8 cm (7 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Doorcase

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 25.7 x 17.7 cm (10 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for the Decorations of Pilaster Strips

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

26.2 x 18.9 cm (10 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Door Wall Elevation of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 13.6 x 10.8 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for the End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1789 · interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid white paper, lined

Image: 17.7 x 16.9 cm (6 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Door Case

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Image: 25.8 x 19.3 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Coat of arms of Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri

1789 · graphic design, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 27.5 x 20.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Candlesticks, Probably for the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

1789 · metalwork, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 26.8 x 10.3 cm (10 9/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Overmirror Decoration for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1789 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper

Image: 20.1 x 22.5 cm (7 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Designs for Two Console Tables, with a Female Head

1789 · furniture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Kaffeehaus

1788 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper

18.9 x 26.8 cm (7 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fountains and coffee houses

1788 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

Image: 15.1 x 8.2 cm (5 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Kaffeehaus

1788 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

20.1 x 27.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

View of a villa

1788 · architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

19.7 x 27.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum