Sketches for a Ceiling Painting: The Triumphant Church
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Designer
content: Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian, 1678–1745
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A figure of a woman in the attire of a Pope is seated on clouds and supports the mantle of a church, together with angels. A dove flies above her; more angels are attendant at right. The woman addresses herself to the kneeling allegorical figure of "Strength," while "Abundance" gazes up to her. Angels and an escutcheon are shown in the lower center. Verso: rough sketch; "Abundance" seems to be seated beside the Church. An angel flies beside the lower part of the kneeling figure of "Strength."
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1693
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
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 gray wash on laid paper; verso: black chalk
label: Dimensions
content: 42.6 x 28.4 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/16 in.)