Decorative Motifs, Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Left row: above, the right side of the statue of a displayed eagle supporting a bust with the point of his wing. Center: two satyrs supporting a bowl or a table. Below: graphite sketch of a siren and a sphinx. Second row: above, a lion, recumbent, upon a base. Below, a monument: a bust with a garland, standing upon a high pedestal upon the steps; below are the tools of a painter, and a lyre. Central row, above: below a light glory stands an urn with the inscription: 'D. M M / T TASSO / 1595,' in front of a lowered torch crossed by a scythe with a laurel wreath. Attributes of fame and poetry are on the ground. Below is a cloth with the inscription, first written in graphite, then written over it in ink: 'QUAM RAPUIT INVIDA MORS / RESTITUTA.' Center: a sarcophagus. Below: at left a pitcher in the shape of a sitting bearded man with a tail as a handle; at right: a pedestal supported by four crouching animals, decorated with a bird above a festoon. Fourth row: a threatrical mask. Fifth and sixth row: above, two Venus statues; below, another one kneeling, and the representation of a fight between one man with a sword and men partly covered by stones., Italy, 1810, sculpture, Drawing, Drawing
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Decorative Motifs, Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, Pen, ink, brush, gray watercolor, graphite, paper, Horizontal rectangle, Left row, right side, statue, displayed eagle supporting, bust, point, wing, Center, two satyrs supporting, bowl, table, graphite sketch, siren, sphinx, Second row, lion, recumbent, upon, base, monument, bust, garland, standing upon, high pedestal upon, steps, tools, painter, lyre, Central row, light glory stands, urn, inscription, 'D, M M, T TASSO, 1595, ', front, lowered torch crossed, scythe, laurel wreath, Attributes, fame, poetry, ground, cloth, inscription, first written, graphite, written, ink, 'QUAM RAPUIT INVIDA MORS, RESTITUTA, Center, sarcophagus, left, pitcher, shape, sitting bearded man, tail, handle, right, pedestal supported, four crouching animals, decorated, bird, festoon, Fourth row, threatrical mask, Fifth, sixth row, two Venus statues, another, kneeling, representation, fight, man, sword, men partly covered, stones, Italy, 1810, sculpture, Drawing, Drawing
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