Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Upper row: at left, four boys with geometrical instruments. Framing lines at right and below. At right: a sitting bow, with a cornucopia. Beside him is a crouching lion. Framing lines. Lower row, at left: a boy sits beside a globe. He raises his right hand with a compass. Beside him are a cornucopia and an eagle. Framing lines except at left. At right: a boy sits upon the earth looking at the sheet with mathematical figures he holds with his right hand, and holding with his left hand the leash of a dog. Framing lines., Rome, Italy, ca. 1775, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, Upper row, left, four boys, geometrical instruments, Framing lines, right, right, sitting bow, cornucopia, Beside, crouching lion, Framing lines, Lower row, left, boy sits beside, globe, raises, right hand, compass, Beside, cornucopia, eagle, Framing lines except, left, right, boy sits upon, earth looking, sheet, mathematical figures, holds, right hand, holding, left hand, leash, dog, Framing lines, Rome, Italy, ca, 1775, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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