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Altar Lamp

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Three chains with virtues. Scale: at bottom, in palmi romani
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
Date
1800–1825
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and gray ink, watercolor, graphite on white laid paper
Dimensions
34 x 20.8 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
Type
lighting
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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