Design of Main Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1746-1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The lower part is a variation of -1369, the round pedestals having a smaller diameter, the connecting walls being longer. Statues stand upon the pedestals. In the center of the retable is a picture of an Ascension. On either side are three columns, the central one is projecting. Above the entablature is a framed panel with a representation. Beside it are two sitting angels. On top of it is a base with two angels, adoring the cross, which is supported by a kneeling figure. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-1378
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 on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.3 x 19.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)