Design for an Altar, Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk, streak of brown chalk on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. The mensa, altar stone, stands in the center of a sockle part, upon which a second sockle row stands. A small tabernacle stands in front of it, containing in its central part a reliquary shrine. The retable has the shape of an arch, which is flanked by three embedded columns on either side supporting the entablature and the broken pediment. Figures sit upon the cornices. Two angels support an ovoid with the dove in front of the central part, upon the entablature of which two more sit. Cherubims are on top of the ovoid. A small angel sits under it., Rome, Italy, ca. 1780–90, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Altar, Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, Pen, brown ink, brush, gray wash, black chalk, streak, brown chalk, white laid paper, Vertical rectangle, mensa, altar stone, stands, center, sockle part, upon, second sockle row stands, small tabernacle stands, front, containing, central part, reliquary shrine, retable, shape, arch, flanked, three embedded columns, side supporting, entablature, broken pediment, Figures sit upon, cornices, Two angels support, ovoid, dove, front, central part, upon, entablature, two, sit, Cherubims, top, ovoid, small angel sits under, Rome, Italy, ca, 1780–90, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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