Altar of Colored Marbles,
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Artist
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal composition of a colored marble altar with four steps beneath. The front of the mensa is decorated in the middle by a cross framed with an oval garland. The lateral panels feature the coat-of-arms of a prelate with a lion rampant. The tabernacle is in the center of the altar bank with a circular pediment above and three burning candles on each side. The candles are flanked by green angel statues with green cornucopiae with red flames. Clouds are beneath the angels feet.
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
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: 1901-39-2564
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 gray ink, watercolor, over graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.4 x 20.2 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: dims. vary
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)