A Saint's Vision of the Cross
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800–20
name: label: Designer
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Figure of a saint at left, cherubim at his feet, guided by an angel to look up into the parting clouds to a vision of the Christ carrying the Cross accompanied by the Virgin Mary. Composition contained within ornamental outline with arch at top.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-5669
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42 x 28.5 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)