Design for a Monstrance with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The upper base is supported by volute feet; the right one with a cherub upon a lower base. In front of it is the pascal lamb upon the book and clouds with a cherub at left. Below, at right, is a cornice with a putto sitting upon it, at the lower end; above at the corner a cherub. At left, an angel with the nails sit outside. The shaft has below clouds, with a cherub and grapes; connected by volutes is the longer upper part with vine and grain, fastened by a ring and a ribbon. The receptacle has a glory of angels, with clouds, grapes and ears of grain.
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: 1901-39-1118
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 sepia on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46.2 × 21.6 cm (18 3/16 × 8 1/2 in.)