Design for an Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plan and elevation of an altar. The base of the altar is carved with a crown of thorns and foliage; above the base if a carved cartouche with an image of a chalice. In the center of the altar is a rectangular painting, of what appears to be a Christian martyr and Roman soldier. The pediment of the altar has a dove carved in the center; the pediment is topped by scrolling acanthus leaves and a cross. The plate is signed and numbered, and a graphite inscription at the right side of the page indicates that this was for a Chapel dedicated to St. Crépien and St. Crépinien.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-216-50
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper