Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 1689–94
name: label: Designer
content: Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figural group surrounding an obelisk on a pedestal. Two flying puttos decorate the obelisk with a leaf garland. On the pedestal, the inscription "CORDIS / ET GLORIE / CONSORS" Two women in drapery lean upon the pedestal at either side. The woman at left raises a ring and holds a bough and is accompanied by a flying angel raising two hearts which are surrounded by a chain. Woman at right holds a nail over a hoop held by a child. The top of the background simulates a conch; its corners are concave. Squared with black framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: Bologna, 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: 1901-39-2458
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and bistre, black wash, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.3 × 29.2 cm (16 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)