Sketches for an Altar
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Upon a classical pediment stands a temple-like domed structure. Below a cupola supported by columns and crowned with a trident, is a statue of a deity. Surrounding this sketch are studies for the separate elements of the altar: the cupola, the supporting columns, and the candelabra-shaped pinnacle.
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: 1901-39-726
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 brown wash, graphite, gray ink, on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.4 x 19.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)