Design for a Holy Water Spout
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a holy water spout attached to a wall, intended to be executed in yellow and white metals. The bowl is supported by two flying angels in clouds and has above a group of three cherubim in clouds, a fourth in clouds being covered by a strip of paper. Further up is the dove of the Holy Spirit, in clouds, with three groups of two cherubim each, in front of a glory, the rays of which form the background for the whole representation. Vertical graphite lines on both sides.
place: label: made in
content: Italy and Germany
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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: 1938-88-707
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray, yellow watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.4 × 22.3 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)