File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621-3).jpg
Original file (4,000 × 2,267 pixels, file size: 6.3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary edit
English: Drawing, Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Carlo Marchionni |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
English: Drawing, Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Centrally placed elevation of altar showing painting of a penitent saint in the wilderness. Above in a circular frame the heads of two cherubs. Altarpiece flanked by Corinthian topped pilasters. Group of three figures at left of altar, one of which holds a lance. At right, one figure carries candlesticks. Below elevation, a sheet of paper containing a plan view, is drawn in trompe-l'oeil and edged with red. Edges appear rolled and an elaborate frame is shown at right, behind the sheet. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1750–75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | pen and brown ink, brush and wash, over graphite, on white laid paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
47 x 36.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1901-39-1471 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Recto in red ink: stamp of the Museum of the arts of Decoration (Cooper Union) [Lugt 457c] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
|
Licensing edit
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 00:51, 25 November 2017 | 4,000 × 2,267 (6.3 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Cooper-Hewitt 256.47 18109621 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 5 pages use this file:
- File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621).jpg
- File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621-2).jpg
- File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621-3).jpg
- File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621-4).jpg
- File:Drawing, Design for an Altar- Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below, 1750–75 (CH 18109621-5).jpg
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Date and time of data generation | 17 April 2017 |
---|---|
Copyright holder | The Smithsonian continues to research information on its collections. Contact Smithsonian for current status. |
IIM version | 4 |