Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 1690–1702
name: label: Probably
content: Carlo Fontana, Italian, 1634 - 1714
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Depiction of Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans) in Rome, Italy. The drawing features part of the church altar, including a set of Corinthian columns on both the left and right. A structure in the shape of a quarter circle appears above each set of columns, with a cherub resting atop the left. A lightly drawn arch, interspersed with pairs of cherubs on the middle and the right, connects the sets of columns.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: Verso probably made in Vatican City, 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: 1938-88-5157
objectType: label: Type
content: religion
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 grey wash, graphite on cream laid paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 34.3 × 22.2 cm (13 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 41.9 × 27 cm (16 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.)