Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-1016
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Altar** *Giuseppe Valadier (Italian, 1762–1839), 1775* *Architecture; Smithsonian Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum* Step into the world of 18th-century Italian artistry with Giuseppe Valadier's "Altar," a striking architectural piece created when the young artist was just 13 years old. Born in Rome, Valadier would go on to become a leading figure in the transition from Baroque opulence to the refined elegance of Neoclassicism, drawing inspiration from ancient Roman antiquity. This early work, classified as architecture, likely served as a design or model for a sacred space,...