Two Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects
date: label: Date
content: 1530–40
name: label: Attributed to
content: Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575
label: Attributed to
content: Pierino da Vinci, 1530 – 1553
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Depicted on recto: two bases for altar crosses (only right half of each is shown). On the LEFT, a base formed by a pedestal resting on lion feet; the lower part of pedestal is bossed (gadrooned); the front decorated with a tablet and festoon which is held by an angel standing at the corner: above another "pedestal" supporting a vase decorated with bosses (below) and a row of cherubim (above); at the top of the ink-drawn base, two seated angels support a socket. Above this, lightly sketched in black chalk, a jeweled cross with two angles holding the shaft. The base on the RIGHT: on a molded base stands a pedestal, the sides of which consist of a volute resting on lion feet and a cherub above; in the lower section of the pedestal, at the center, a festoon hangs (with a shell on top); above this, is a tablet frame. Above this, a squat "bottle" or "knob" decorated with an Antique key pattern which supports a circular domed structure, which, in turn, supports a vase decorated with bosses (gadrooning) below and cherubim above; above this is another vase with gaines below and an unreadable lobed element above. At the top, a socket/tablet and above that a standing angel holding the shaft of a jeweled cross (lightly sketched in black chalk). On VERSO, near left edge: the right half of a grotesque. At the bottom of this form is a hanging pear form with a palmette. Above this a floral form upon which rests a scalloped base with a harpie supporting a calyx. Above this is a decorated oblong base from which acanthus leaves sprout ending in a goat. From the acanthus leaves springs a lily shape above which is a scalloped base supporting a round vase holding flowers and decorated with a basket motif above and a head below. Above the oblong base rests a sphinx from whose head springs leaf-like motifs.
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: 1942-36-3
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.9 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in. )