Design for a Main Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1780-1783
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A variation of -1372, seen from the corners. The lateral groups stand upon isolated, baluster-like shaped pedestals. Angels sit at the front, above the entablature, others laterally. The niche is without conch or other architectural decoration. The entablature is convex at the front. No tabernacle. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-1379
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.2 x 18 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)