Elevation of a Reliquary Cross
date: label: Date
content: 1815–40
name: label: Designer
content: Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a reliquary, the pedestal in the shape of an antae sarcophagus, featuring a pelican on clouds and cherubim supports. Above, a serpent coils around the base of the cross with an apple in its mouth. Above, the Veil of Veronica hangs with the image of the face of Jesus Christ. Spear and sponge staff are carried in front of the bottom part of the cross above the cloth, the sudarium suspended from them. Four circular receptacles, inscribed "Relliquia" are proposed, three of them at the ends of the cross arms, the fourth between the tops of the spear and the staff. A small cross-shaped receptacle is in the center. The nails, dice, hammer, and tongs surround its top. A crown supported by two flying putti at the top of the reliquary.
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: 1938-88-570
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and ochre and black watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 60.2 × 25.5 cm (23 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)