Design for a Main Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1746-1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The plan of the retable is like the half of an octagon. At the front is a representation of the ascension of the Virgin, in presence of the Apostles. On top are two angels. In front of the oblique sides is a statue of a saint. Projecting columns frame the sides. The front has a triangular pediment upon the sides of which angels sit. Above them is a circle with the Dove of the Holy Spirit. The upper part forming a circular pediment with garlands and two angels above. Angels sit upon the lower ends of the supports near the wall. The mensa stands at the front, with the tabernacle in front of the central panel of the zone with the pedestals. In the oblique ones are escutcheons. Laterally are round pedestals, disposed similarly to -1369, either of them with a group consisting of a standing female figure and two sitting angels. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-1377
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 x 20.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)