Design for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Supported by a shaft with a row of leaves upon an octangonal base of nearly the same diameter. Quatrefoil bowl, the front being decorated with a central medallion, above two crossed branches. Above the rim is at the front a broken pediment from which garlands hang down. The lif has the general shape of a baluster upon a curved base which is fluted. On top a sitting angel with cross staff. 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, Supported, shaft, row, leaves upon, octangonal base, nearly, diameter, Quatrefoil bowl, front, decorated, central medallion, two crossed branches, rim, front, broken pediment, garlands hang down, lif, general shape, baluster upon, curved base, fluted, top, sitting angel, cross staff, Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1775, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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