Framework in three sections, possibly for an altar tablet
date: label: Date
content: 1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The decoration of the vertical stripes refers to the sacrament of the altar. Two angels carry the Ark of the Covenant before the tops of the trees. Attributes of the old dispensation, a cork, a snake, a key are represented in the bottom framing of the central section. The tops of the central sections show angels with attributes of virture: strength, justice, prudence, temperance respectively. Two angels and a crouching lion (Vigilance) are at the bottom at left, two angels and a spead eagle at left.
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: 1911-28-305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and washes, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.7 × 52.9 cm (14 13/16 × 20 13/16 in.)