Project: The elevation of an altar
date: label: Date
content: 1575–1600
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition with the elevation of an altar. Three steps lead to the mensa in the center of a dado. A niche with triangular pediment forms the central part of the retable. A statue stands inside the niche which has been changed by overdrawing into what seems to be St. Clara. The niche is flanked by pairs of columns and panels that are decorated by rows of three oblongs and two brackets. At the top there is an entablature and the cornices of a broken pediment. The inner corners are supported by two angels seated on the entablature.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2570
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen, ink, brush and bistre on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 42.6 × 28.2 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)