Design for a Reliquary of the Holy Cross
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1540
name: label: Attributed to
content: Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At the bottom, a fluted shaft rises between two cherubim heads from a circular plinth. Above is a "knob" decorated with drapery festoons supported by two rams' heads (at each side) and a child's head (at center), which supports the form above. This form shows two masks hanging from the upper spirals of gaine scrolls which are projecting clasp-like (three of these are shown); atop the lateral gaine scrolls are harpy heads, which, together with a pedestal in the center, support a base for the vessel-shaped shaft above. Flanking this vessel-shaped shaft are two women carrying capitals on their heads; the right one holds a small cross, the left one holds something that cannot be interpreted. At the top, a circular, domed structure with steps, upon which two children/angels are seated at either side.
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 through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-36-2
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink on cream paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 32.8 x 16.1 cm (12 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. )