Unfinished Elevation of an Altar
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Artist
content: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pairs of Ionic columns or pilasters support laterally entablatures which are connected by the segment of an arch. A tripartite structure of two stories stands between the columns; two alternative suggestions for a molded horizontally oblong frame over the altar. Bottom: a plan suggesting single columns standing before corners of the wall.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.1 x 24.4 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)