Projet de l'Autel de l'Eglise de St. Aignan d'Orleans (Design for the Altar of the Church of St. Aignan of Orleans), plate 102, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Altar flanked by heavily decorated elements with putti heads and hanging lamps. Stairs lead up to the altar where six candlesticks stand, at center a cross decorated with figures and putti; above, a figure holds a lamp from a vine. Canopied by an arch decorated with figures and topped with a triangle from which sunrays emanate encircled by clouds and putti.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-212-60
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.9 x 27.3 cm (16 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)