Baldacchino with Papal Ar
date: label: Date
content: 1775
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition of a papal altar with six steps that lead to a mensa with a crucifix and seven candlesticks. On the sides there are canopy supports which consist of ttwo pilasters and a fluted comumn. Statues of male saints stand in front of the column on pedestals. The entablatures are connected by a frieze of lambrequins, showing the columns supporting the entablature and a voluted, conical roof.
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2565
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, gray wash, pen and dark gray ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47.2 x 25.2 cm (18 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)