There are 7 other images of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1901

  • We acquired this object.

1991

2014

2015

2017

2018

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below

This is a Drawing. It was created by Carlo Marchionni. It is dated 1750–75 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray, red wash, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

47 x 36.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in red ink, center left, Lugt 457c: Museum for the arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, on plan below: cornices del quadro; scalino, Ara; Pradella (frame of the painting; step; altar; platform)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below; Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702–1786); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray, red wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 47 x 36.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1471

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18109621/ |title=Drawing, Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=19 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>