Design for an Altar Tablet
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar tablet with curved outlines, supported by two volutes of leaves standing upon bases. Below, in the center of the frame, the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII. Cherubim are on top of the volutes at the sides. Above an elaborated pediment, with allegorical figures of Faith and Justice sitting and on the top a relief with Christ on the cross, with the Virgin Mary, St. John, and St. Magdalene. The relief is supported by two angels and has a pelican at the top.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-610
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and sepia wash, watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29 × 22.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)