Project: the elevation of an altar, intended to be executed with colored marbles
date: label: Date
content: 1770–1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition of an altar. The mensa is shaped like a bathtub sarcophagus and stands in front of a dado. The retable also has a dado with columns standing on the oblique sides. Above the entablature is a pediemnt with a monkey-back.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1901-39-2563
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil, pen, ink, brush and various water colors on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 27.7 × 14.7 cm (10 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)