Project for the high altar in San Salvatore in Campo in Rome
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Subleyras, Italian, 1745 – 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition divided into two sections. The top section shows the frontal view of the altar with the altar mensa in front of the dado, flanked by two women, one holding a chalice and the other holding a cross. Two columns support the entablature that is topped by steps showing angels and a glory of rays. The bottom section is the plan, depicting the altar from above. Inscription at the bottom reads "Scala di Palmi Romani."
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: 1901-39-2584
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, washes, chinese black, and various watercolor washes on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 47.4 × 34.3 cm (18 11/16 × 13 1/2 in.)