Altar Dedicated to a Virgin Martyr [St. Lucy?]
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an altar. The sepulcher has the shape of the front of a late classical sarcophagus, the center part of which consists mostly of an opening which is closed by a grating formed by half-circles. Laterally are reliefs. At left, the condemnation of the Virgin by the praetor; at right her abduction. In the base in an inscription of which only part of the words are intelligible. They are in the second line: "VIRGINI ET MARTIRI...ANNO ETATIS SVAE IXX...Behind are three large steps, the uppermost serves as a base for the tabernacle, and two kneeling angels beside it who support burning candelabra, through standing. The tabernacle has the shape of a temple front, with Christ rising in a glory, from the door. Two candelabra with burning flames standing laterally in front of the altar.
label: Description
content: Scale: at bottom, in pen and black ink
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: 1938-88-4183
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 black ink, brush and watercolor, over black chalk; ruled border in pen and black ink, pink wash on thick paper, joined at center
label: Dimensions
content: 44.3 x 65.3 cm (17 7/16 x 25 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)