Design for a Chapel Wall
date: label: Date
content: late 16th century
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista della Rovere, Italian, ca. 1561–ca. 1630
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a chapel wall topped with an arch, filled with sculptural projects at top and sides and painted panels between. Within the arch, a triptych of panels depicting figural scenes from the Bible, possibly all relating to the Crucifixion and death of Christ. At left, an angel brings an object to a man who waits with outstretched arms. At center, a man's arms are bound around a pole while he is beaten. At right, Christ falls while carrying the Crucifix. Below the arch, four rectangular panels with additional figural scenes, possibly representing the Resurrection.
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 from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-94-1
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 beige prepared paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.2 × 39 cm (11 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)