Candlesticks, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Upper row, at left: Two winged women stand beside a columna miliaria supporting brackets springing from it laterally, consisting of three branchces with burning candles. At right, with alternative suggestions: in the center of a base rises a columna miliaria, flanked at left by a sitting sphinx with a basket upon her head from which three burning candles spring, at right by a half-figure with a similar basket upon the head. Lower row, at left: a column standing near the end of a parapet. Center: a sketch like -2023, above, at left. At right: a similar design on a larger scale., Rome, Italy, ca. 1790, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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Candlesticks, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, Upper row, left, Two winged women stand beside, columna miliaria supporting brackets springing, laterally, consisting, three branchces, burning candles, right, alternative suggestions, center, base rises, columna miliaria, flanked, left, sitting sphinx, basket upon, head, three burning candles spring, right, half-figure, basket upon, head, Lower row, left, column standing, parapet, Center, sketch, -2023, left, right, design, larger scale, Rome, Italy, ca, 1790, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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