Basin with a pavilion in a park
1780–1790
Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-1751
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Barberi, an architect active in Rome during the late 18th century (6–1809), *Basin with a Pavilion in a Park* between 1780 and 1790. This architectural work, now housed in the Smithsonian American Museum's Smithsonian Collection, the elegance of period landscape design. Acquired through museum purchase with gifts from various donors and the Eleanor G Hewitt Fund, it exemplifiesi's expertise in envisioning harmonious outdoor spaces blending water features and pavilions amid naturalistic park settings. In the context of Enlightenment-era Europe, such designs reflected the neoclassical ...