Elevation of an Altar
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1640–50
name: label: Artist
content: Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An altar is set within the framing parts of a bay. The predella shows a scene of mourning over the dead Christ. The retable shows the ascension of the Virgin. In the lateral compartments are niches with the statues of female saints. Above is a representation of the Annunciation. In the center of the broken pediment is the Virgin with Child.
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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1465
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and bistre, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16.3 × 11 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.)