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Design for an Altar

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar with decorative sculptural niche and surrounding sculptures and columns, right side incomplete.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805
Date
ca. 1780–90
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Dimensions
H x W: 35.5 × 17.2 cm (14 in. × 6 3/4 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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