Elevation of a Chapel, with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1650–1680
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The door is in a high niche which is flanked by embedded fluted Ionic columns. At the corners of the façade stand similar ones with parts of such additionally suggested at left. Above the keystone of the arch is a cherub. Angels lying upon the arch are suggested at right. A festoon hangs in front of the wedge at left. It hangs from the escutcheon in the middle of the entablature. A circular pediment is flanked by a dado, carrying vases at left, a statue of a child at right. A ribbed dome is shown at left as decorated in the interior. At right the scalloped covering is shown. A cross stands on top. The scale is below. "Piedi 3". ON verso: architectural construction in graphite.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 57.6 × 40.2 cm (22 11/16 × 15 13/16 in.)