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Design for an Altar Tablet
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819ca. 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar tablet with curved outlines, supported by two volutes of leaves standing upon bases. Below, in the center of the frame, the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII. Cherubim are on top of the volutes at the sides. Above an elaborated pediment, with allegorical figures of Faith and Justice sitting and on the top a relief with Christ on the cross, with the Virgin Mary, St. John, and St. Magdalene. The relief is supported by two angels and has a pelican at the top.
Details
- Title: Design for an Altar Tablet
- Creator: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
- Date Created: ca. 1820
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Brush and sepia wash, watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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