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Designer:
Unknown, Italian  Search this
Medium:
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk, red crayon on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 35.4 × 30.7 cm (13 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Made in:
Italy
Date:
1730-1760
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Two convex steps of the same width as the mensa lead up to it. A reliquary box with a lying child stands between the two pilasters of the mensa. The panel of the retable contains an oblong frame beneath a cherub and festoons and a horizontally oblong frame at the bottom. Laterally are group of pilaster strips and embedded Corinthian columns. A circular pediment is over the entablature and it contains Christ's monogram framed within a wreath. The wall is divided into panels. Sections of the neighboring architecture are indicated. Beneath: "Palmi Venti Romani Architettonici."
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number:
1938-88-4022
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a6b02114-699d-4cff-891c-a4577ba8c077
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-4022