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Project for the top of a painted frame of an altar

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Two angels seated upon a socle on top of an entablature hold an escutcheon in which the dove is represented. "(C)VIVS/ (LIVORE) SANATI / (SU)MVS" (IS. c. 53, v. 5) is written on an escutcheon before the center of the entablature. Two women, probably representing sibyls, sit upon the corners.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
After
Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian, 1529 - 1566
Date
ca. 1560
Medium
Pen and ink. Various water color washes; gold. Varnished. Pencil (added later). Paper
Dimensions
H x W: 21.9 × 44.4 cm (8 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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