Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
label: Client
content: Pope Pius VII, Italian, 1742 - 1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for altar tablet; an oval frame with the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII at bottom, supported by two kneeling angels holding a cloth. Above, a pediment with eagles supporting garlands. Upon the pediment are seated allegorical figures of Strength and Faith, each holding the chalice of the Holy Communion and the Cross, respectively. At top, an oval relief with the Last Supper and the Pelican.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-611
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown, yellow wash, over graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.5 × 37.8 cm (16 5/16 × 14 7/8 in.)