Plan for the hospital of St. Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome, Italy
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
1938-88-1103-1,2
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Barberi's *Plan for the hospital of. Trinità dei Pellegr, Rome, Italy* (1800–09) offers a fascinating glimpse into early 19th-century Roman architecture. As an Italian architect active from 1746 to 1809, Barberi specialized in designs that served the city's vibrant ecclesiastical and public life. This detailed plan, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's (museum purchase through various donors and the Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund), envisions expansions or improvements for the historic Hospital of the Holy Trinity of Pilgrims—a key institution aiding travelers and the needy in papal Ro...