Design for a Sacristy Gate of a Chapel of the Torlonia Family
date: label: Date
content: 1845
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a gate of a chapel of the Torlonia family, intended to be executed in metal, probably for the chapel in St. Giovanni in Laterno, Italy. A folding door between a lateral panel on either side. In the latter stand two columns in the shape of candelabra upon marble pedestals, supporting at front a band with two entwined ribbons as it frames the panels of the leaves and connects the bases and cornices of the pedestals, and then the entablature. In the frieze is the inscription: MARINVS-KAROLVS-ET-ALEXANDER-TORLONIA. On top are rinceaux with the rising pelican in gold in the center. In the intervals between the columns are plant caldelabra, with two kneeling putti supporting the coat of arms. A half figure of a winged putto is in the panel, between the pedestals. The leaves are divided into a high upper and a small under panel, the latter with a similar decoration to their neighbors. Above are plant candelabra with three putti each, similar to 1901-39-2442. In the tablet is respectively: ANNO-D and MDCCCXLV.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy, Europe
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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: 1901-39-891
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.5 × 24.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)