Project for an Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of an altar with steps. The sepulcher has the shape of a sarcophagus, the mensa being itself the projecting central part of the broader structure. The tabernacle is the center of the upper part, its door being decorated with a monstrance. It is framed by a glory with two cherubim above.
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: 1901-39-1475
objectType: label: Type
content: religion
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33.6 × 22.2 cm (13 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)