Design for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The bowl is a quatrefoil, supported in the center by a shaft, and at the sides by cherubim. The base consists of a circular and a quatrefoil plinth and a wreath. Standing in a low basin. The lid has the shape of a dome, with a figure of the sitting St. John as boy with the cross staff on top. Below, at the front, is a broken pediment, with a mask inside. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, bowl, quatrefoil, supported, center, shaft, sides, cherubim, base consists, circular, quatrefoil plinth, wreath, Standing, low basin, lid, shape, dome, figure, sitting St, John, boy, cross staff, top, front, broken pediment, mask inside, Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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