Design for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Octagonal base, shaft with a cherub at the front. The bowl has below a leaf calix, above a frieze with festoons supported by bowknots. The shaft of the lid has the shape of an octangonal pedestal, each side having a circular pediment. In the front is a medallion with two figures, framed by two crossed branches. The oblique sides are decorated with a hanging garland. On top is a cross supported by cheubim. 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, Octagonal base, shaft, cherub, front, bowl, leaf calix, frieze, festoons supported, bowknots, shaft, lid, shape, octangonal pedestal, side having, circular pediment, front, medallion, two figures, framed, two crossed branches, oblique sides, decorated, hanging garland, top, cross supported, cheubim, Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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