Object Details
- Artist
- Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- The image is in a horizontal rectangle. A box with a pediment is shown, whose general shape is that of a triangle. The front consists of a base and two angels at the corners and two gaines of empty armors inside. In the centre is a skull with a miter upon a base supported by two small angels, beside are two skulls with helmets, standing together with bones upon bases. The big angels at the corners are lifting a curtain. On top of the pediment are two angels with miter and palm branches; below them two cherubim above a festoon; below it, a monogram of a chi rho; above an escutcheon. Construction is lined with pencil.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- ca. 1770
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-2518
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black crayon, brush, sepia, and gray water color.
- Dimensions
- H x W: 43.5 × 32.7 cm (17 1/8 × 12 7/8 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_1901-39-2518
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48580ef5f-357f-4cb7-b45e-eb392e88d500
