Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below
date: label: Date
content: 1750–75
name: label: Artist
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Centrally placed elevation of an altar showing a painting of a penitent saint in the wilderness. The heads of two cherubs can be seen above in a circular frame. The altarpiece is flanked by Corinthian topped pilasters. A group of three figures, one of which holds a lance, appears at the left of the altar. At right, one figure carries candlesticks. Below the elevation, a sheet of paper containing a plan view is drawn in trompe-l'oeil and edged with red. The edges appear rolled, and an elaborate frame is shown at right, behind the sheet.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1471
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 brown ink, brush and gray, red wash, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47 x 36.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)