Design for an Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an altar. The altar has a wide base of a richly veined marble and has four large statues of male Christian saints or martyrs. There is another sculpted group of Christ descended from the cross, supported by winged angels and a cloud, atop a pedestal. This group is under a baldachin supported by winged angels. The pedestal is supported by four veined columns with Corinthian capitals. The plate is signed and numbered, and a graphite inscription at the bottom of the page indicates that this design was from a project for the altar of the abbey of St. Germain-des-Prés.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-216-46
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper