Projet de l'autel de St. Leu de Paris (Design for the Altar of St. Leu of Paris), plate 104, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Engraver
content: Herisset, French, 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Windowed chapel; altar made up of several Corinthian columns and topped with putti and a cross. Stairs lead to altar where two figures gaze up, a male raising a cup and a female holding a tablet. Figures flank a heavily decorated cross above which float winged figures holding a lamp from which emanate rays.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-212-61
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.8 x 20.7 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)