Design for Decorations for a Ceiling, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Obverse: A square ceiling. In the center is moulded square frame from whose corners bands are stretching toward the corners of the room. For the resulting trapezoids are alternatuve decorations suggested. The upper trapezoid is spherical with half-circle below decorated with a band with bat wings. A decoration of the band is also suggested. In the center of the trapezoids are below a circular medallion with a figure, at right an ovoidal medallion in a cross form at left a lozenge with a figure. Verso: A rough sketch for a decoration with quatrefoils and a lozenge., Rome, Italy, ca. 1820, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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