Design for an Altar Mensa
date: label: Date
content: 1764–66
name: label: Attributed to
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Drawing of a centraly projecting altar mensa with two alternative suggestions for the lateral pillars. The right one applies a baluster form. The sarcophagus is angular. In the central panel is the monogram of Christ; crossed palm branches are on the cover. Two lions heads are connected by a festoon. In the panels of the lateral parts are escutcheons displaying a prelate's coat of arms with an eagle.
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 various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-4193
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 dark brown ink; graphite on off white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: i: 14.6 x 20.4 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)