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Drawing, Corinthian Capital
This is a Drawing. It was after Giocondo Albertolli. It is dated 1798 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper, lined . 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.
						
- Drawing, Temple of Curiosity, ca. 1790
 - pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, blue watercolor, graphite on....
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1911-28-463
 
- Textile, Capitals, 1950–59
 - cotton.
 - Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Funds.
 - 1995-48-1
 
- Drawing, Three Ionic capitals with
 - graphite, white paper.
 - Gift of Alfons Bach.
 - 1993-108-412
 
Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Senate Chamber, Parliament Building, Warsaw, Poland
 - pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined.
 - Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
 - 1938-88-3473
 
- Frame
 - cast and fire-gilt bronze.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1910-30-33
 
- Temple of Nike Apteros Architectural Model, designed 1996; executed 2005
 - various woods,including carved and joined mahogany (base, architrave and....
 - Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
 - 2014-39-4
 
Its dimensions are
29.1 x 29.6 cm (11 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Corinthian Capital; After Giocondo Albertolli (Italian, b. Switzerland, 1742–1839); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper, lined ; 29.1 x 29.6 cm (11 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3388
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.