Two Alternative Designs for Altars
date: label: Date
content: 1690
name: label: Designer
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Print Maker
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Gastelier, French, 16..–1698
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two alternative designs for ecclesiastical altars. Both designs feature the same central painting but with differing frames. The painting illustrates Jesus, male figures, including Roman soldiers, and a flying angel. Both designs include a cross atop the altarpiece and flaming vase finials but with differing designs for the base of the cross. The design to the left frames the painting with a single fluted column, an intricately carved cornice frieze with foliage, and a dado level panel below featuring scrolling leaves and a figure. The design to the right frames the painting with two pilasters and plain paneling. Above, the cross is supported by two different decorative bases featuring festoons of leaves and flowers, a roundel, mascarons (masks), and scrolling leaves. The designs include two scales below the stairs in the lower center. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-467-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper