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Design for an Altar

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Elevation of an altar. The left half is shown. The Crucifixion is in the center of the retable. In the outside compartment is a niche with the statue of a woman. Reliefs are in the dado. Broken pediment with angels upon the cornice.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650
Artist
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650
Date
ca. 1640–50
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and bistre, brush and wash on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 16.8 × 8.8 cm (6 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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