Design for Crèche (Nativity Scene)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. Interior of a cavern, with the Madonna and Child and St. Joseph seen in center, middleground. A shepherd kneels to left of group. Above: the Risen Christ, surrounded by angels. Figures at extreme left and right, in the foreground. Landscape at right.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
ca. 1770
Accession Number
1901-39-504
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white paper
Dimensions
21.4 x 32.3 cm (8 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Record ID
chndm_1901-39-504
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44cffaf11-73dd-47eb-9d76-94c028af78c0
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