Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical composition divided into two sections. The top section shows the frontal view of the altar with the altar mensa in front of the dado, flanked by two women, one holding a chalice and the other holding a cross. Two columns support the entablature that is topped by steps showing angels and a glory of rays. The bottom section is the plan, depicting the altar from above. Inscription at the bottom reads "Scala di Palmi Romani."
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Giuseppe Subleyras, Italian, 1745 – 1819
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Medium
- Pencil, pen, washes, chinese black, and various watercolor washes on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 47.4 × 34.3 cm (18 11/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
