Design for a ciborium combined with an altar
Drawing
early 17th century (made)
early 17th century (made)
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Design for a ciborium combined with an altar: the figure on top is the resurrected Christ; below him the Virgin between two angels (of whom only one is actually shown). The figure in the niche on the left is St Catherine of Alexandra in her wheel; above her St Peter with his keys. The right side of the drawing is incomplete and nearly blank, except for a faint sketch in black chalk of a saint standing on a pediment. The drawing is made up of several sheets of paper of irregular shape pieced together. The lower part of the design looks too insubstantial to support the elaborate structure above: it has probably been altered since leaving the artist’s hands
Object details
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| Title | Design for a ciborium combined with an altar (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and brown wash, with some blue wash, over black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing, Design for a ciborium combined with an altar, artist unknown, Italian school, pen and ink and wash, early 17th century |
| Physical description | Design for a ciborium combined with an altar: the figure on top is the resurrected Christ; below him the Virgin between two angels (of whom only one is actually shown). The figure in the niche on the left is St Catherine of Alexandra in her wheel; above her St Peter with his keys. The right side of the drawing is incomplete and nearly blank, except for a faint sketch in black chalk of a saint standing on a pediment. The drawing is made up of several sheets of paper of irregular shape pieced together. The lower part of the design looks too insubstantial to support the elaborate structure above: it has probably been altered since leaving the artist’s hands |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink within the design ‘Io fra Gio. Andrea da [illegible abbreviation] Affermo’ and again in a different hand ‘Io Franscesco Martelli’ |
| Object history | Bought 1872 1 of 68 architectural drawings part purchased from, part presented by Francis Wollaston Moody in 1872. |
| Production | The drawing is not of very fine quality, but the inscriptions, recorded above, seem to show that it was used as the basis of a contract between an artist and his employer or employers. It is a good deal stained and damaged. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 612 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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