Design for the Decoration of a Panel, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Below is a pedestal with crouching sphinxes at its corners. They support with their heads flower pots from which candelabra rise, with winged half-figures on top supporting with their raised hands a garland and festoons. Three women, embracing each other, stand upon the pedestal. The two lateral ones support with their arms the squrae frame of a landscape. Above it is a floral candelabrum with two half figures. Below, at the front of the pedestal, sits a putto, his hands resting upon two festoons., Rome, Italy, 1780-1790, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Decoration, Panel, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, pedestal, crouching sphinxes, corners, support, heads flower pots, candelabra rise, winged half-figures, top supporting, raised hands, garland, festoons, Three women, embracing, stand upon, pedestal, two lateral ones support, arms, squrae frame, landscape, floral candelabrum, two half figures, front, pedestal, sits, putto, hands resting upon two festoons, Rome, Italy, 1780-1790, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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