Design for an altarpiece frame

People:

Unknown (draughtsman)

Title:

Design for an altarpiece frame

Date:

16th century

Description:

- This drawing represents an altar, perhaps a shallow side altar of a type increasingly demanded by the Counter-Reformation cult of saints. The dimensions of the rectangular form between the column pedestals (6 x 3 3/4 piedi, according to scale) are appropriate for an altar table. Freehand perspective on the inside right face of the arch indicates the shallowness of the niche, most likely meant to contain a devotional image in the form of a panel painting. A plan of one pair of the engaged columns figures on the lower right. The cardinal's hat signals a religious patron whose coat of arms once appeared in the now badly- abraded centre of the cartouche.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink and wash with black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 32.4 x 16.8 cm (12 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1969:0016

Drawing Type:

line drawing
rendering

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, u.c.: with an illegible inscription on panel above arch; c.r. and l.r.: with illegible numbers inscribed - by an unknown contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, verso, c.: with an illegible inscription; and c.r., c. and l.c.: with several calculations

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

aedicule

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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