Project for the modernization of an altar
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830
name: label: Architect
content: Luigi Voghera, Italian, 1788 - 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal composition with two variations of an altar. The altar on the left, titled "Stato attuale dell' Altare," is shown only in pencil outlines. It has pilasters and a couped pediment with a high central frame. The altar on the right, titled "Stato di riforma," has three panels at the front of the mensa. The niche in the retable is framed with mouldings and acanthus scrolls in the wedges. Ionic columns on both sides support the entablature, which has a dove inside its pediment. The attic on top has two cherubim in the bottom corners.
place: label: made in
content: Milan, 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: 1901-39-2600
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil, pen, chinese ink and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31.1 × 40.9 cm (12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)