Ornament Design, Altar Dedicated to Mars between Roman Standards
date: label: Date
content: 1776
name: label: Artist
content: Michel Angelo Pergolesi, Italian, active ca. 1760–1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Brightly colored ornament design with, at center, a three-sided altar decorated with an image of a putto carrying the armor of the Roman god Mars, ornately decorated with rams' heads, garlands, etc. At left and right are roman standards.
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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: Gift of Unknown Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1980-32-1429
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Mount: 71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 in. × 20 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 48.3 × 34.3 cm (19 in. × 13 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Center Design Motif: 24.4 × 11.7 cm (9 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)