Design for the Decoration of a Frieze, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. In the shape of an attic or a dado, whose compartments are laterally framed by projecting consoles with a mask in front. Beside them stand symmetrically winged putti, with one hand at the edge of a shield with three crescents leaning against the consoles. Between them are, alternatively in the compartments, landscapes in octagons and ovals., Rome, Italy, 1750–75, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Decoration, Frieze, Pen, black ink, brush, gray wash, paper, Horizontal rectangle, shape, attic, dado, compartments, laterally framed, projecting consoles, mask, front, Beside, stand symmetrically winged putti, hand, edge, shield, three crescents leaning, consoles, alternatively, compartments, landscapes, octagons, ovals, Rome, Italy, 1750–75, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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