Designer:

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822  Search this

Medium:

Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 65.8 × 35.4 cm (25 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Object Name:

Drawing

Type:

Drawing

Made in:

Italy and Germany

Date:

1790-1810

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Intended to be executed in gilded metal. Below is the connection with the stick. Above, a calyx rises an urn, upon the cover which stands another calyx from which the crucifix springs. Rays are in the four corners of the cross. Palmettes are at the ends of the cross arms.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1938-88-4152

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/kq4770454f7-3643-4688-8082-b00e0e943b37

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-4152