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Sketches for Altars
1725–1775
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Obverse: a mensa stand before the central section of a convex dado upon which steps (ledges) rise to a pavillion in which two angles raise a monstrance on a pedestal to which candle brackets are fastened. The pavilion is topped by a cross. On pedestals which project from the dado stand two angels supporting a
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Details
- Title: Sketches for Altars
- Date Created: 1725–1775
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/9134
- Medium: Black chalk, pen, ink on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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