View of the Pulpit, Saint Sulpice, Paris (Second Project)
date: label: Date
content: 1789
name: label: Artist
content: Charles de Wailly, French, 1729 – 1798
notes: label: Description
content: A marble pulpit dramatically suspended between two flights of stairs, designed by de Waily, forms a bridge-like structure across the nave of the Church of Saint Sulpice. A priest, with upraised arms, preaches to the congregation seated in the foreground. A sculpture of Charity adorns the top of the pulpit. A sculpture of Faith (holding a chalice) adorns the left landing; the pedestal shows a bas-relief of the symbol of St. Luke (ox). On the right landing, a sculpture of Hope (holding an anchor) rests on a pedestal decorated with a bas relief of St. Mark's symbol (the lion).
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1911-28-293
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 black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 57.8 × 47.3 cm (22 3/4 × 18 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 91.4 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 101.6 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm (40 x 32 x 1 in.)