Two Alternative Designs for Altars
date: label: Date
content: 1690
name: label: Designer
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Print Maker
content: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Gastelier, French, 16..–1698
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two alternative designs for ecclesiastical altars, split down the center. The design to the left features a large carved or painted altarpiece within an arched alcove featuring angels, clouds, a cross, roundels, scrolling leaves, mascarons (masks), draped textiles and festoons of leaves. A male figure stands to the left with arms outstretched in awe with another male figure on his knees with hands together. The design to the right features a two-tiered baroque altar with sculpted roundels, friezes, pilasters, angels, festoons, mascarons (masks), and scrolling leaves. In the upper right corner, there are detailed alternatives for sculpted pedimented altarpieces. There are scales below each alternative design. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published 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: 1921-6-467-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper