Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700–40
name: label: Attributed to
content: Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Consisting of two separate pieces of paper; the left side of the central part is missing and has been added when the drawing was mounted. Three steps lead up to the mensa which is flanked by pilasters. Above is the high and richly moulded and decorated ledge, which is laterally projecting. In its center is the scrollwork frame showing three cherubim of the ovoidal tabernacle door. Above the frame, is a pedestal with angels and clouds. Two adult angels stand beside the ledge, leaning upon it. They raise wreaths with their outside hands. The right one also holds a palm branch. A vase stands beside the left one.
place: label: probably made in
content: Naples, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-3569
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and blue and grey-blue water colors, graphite on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 26.5 x 23.2 cm (10 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.)