Design for Elevation of an Altar Retable
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
name: label: Attributed to
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: The left half is shown. Two paintings in a vertical row are suggested for the central part, which is topped by the royal French crown. the lateral part is obliquely disposed. A twisted column stands free at the inside beside two statutes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Luke, both seated. A flying angel lifts the curtain over them which hangs downward from a lambrequin showin fleur-de-lys. Volutes form the top, two angels with palm boughs being suggested affixed to them. Verso: sketches of a similar altar in black chalk.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-241
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.9 x 21.9 cm (16 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.)