Plan of Hospital of Trinita de Pellegrini
1800-1830
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
1938-88-1126
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Barberi, a prominent Italian architect and engraver active in Rome during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this *Plan of Hospital of Trin de Pellegrini* sometime between 1800 and 1830. Born in 1746, Barberi was renowned for his precise architectural drawings and contributions to neoclassical design, blending Renaissance traditions with emerging Enlightenment ideals of functionality and symmetry. Though the medium remains unidentified—likely ink, watercolor, or engraving on paper—this architectural plan captures the layout of Rome's historic Ospedale della Trinità dei Pellegrini...