Design for the Elevation of an Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1550–80
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The mensa of the altar is not shown; elevation is flanked by slit volutes. The central part of the retable consists of a niche with a statue of Christ carrying the Cross. Its lower part is flanked by projecting volutes and by reliefs, the evangelists John, Luke, Matthew, and Mark disposed in two vertical rows. The framing consists of a cross-shaped moulding, for the decoration of which alternative suggestions are made on either side. Scrolls are beside the upper part. A triangular pediment is on top.
place: label: made in
content: North Italy, 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: 1938-88-542
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34.4 × 22.4 cm (13 9/16 × 8 13/16 in.)