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Design for an altar of the Virgin
Carlo Marchionni1775–80
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Two angels support a frame of an image, with two cherubim on top. Two others support a label above. Upon the cornices of a broken pediment sit angels. In the center an escutcheon with a monogram; on its top a cross with two angels beside its base.
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Details
- Title: Design for an altar of the Virgin
- Creator: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Date Created: 1775–80
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/64065
- Medium: Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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