Ornament Design, Roman Altar Dedicated to Mars and 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 accessories of the Roman god Mars, ornately decorated with rams' heads, garlands, etc. The altar is lit, with flames and smoke at top. 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: 1980-32-1439
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 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 × 10.5 cm (9 5/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Left Design Motif: 38.4 × 5.3 cm (15 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)