Elevation of a Monstrance
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle. A round pedestal stands upon an oblong base. It is decorated with a disc above a festoon. Upon it stands the figure of an angel upon clouds and supports with the raised arms the receptacle of the monstrance. It has an ovoidal glass in a frame with architectural forms. A cross in a palm wreath is on top of the scalloped dome. Laterally and below are rays of a glory.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-555
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and sepia ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.8 × 13.7 cm (11 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-555
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45c8bad10-9de9-4cb6-901f-06cc79610856
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