Design for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper, Architectural study of arch topped with pediment. A semicircle is inscribed into an oblong, consisting of mouldings with a trophy of weapons inside. Dolphins lie upon the mouldings in the wedges. Laterally are the capitals of two embedded Corinthian columns supporting the entablature. Above is a stylized pediment with a mask between dolphins. The latter are intertwined with festoons hanging from two eagles standing above the corners of the pediment. The eagles' wings are displayed, the inner ones elevated, the outer inverted. Upon the point of the pediment stands an urn with garlands dragging from the handles. Its upper part is partially in front of an entablature that spreads across the upper portion of the picture and is divided into panels by consoles featuring ram's heads. The panels on the sides of the urn are decorated with a relief featuring two women standing beside a candelabra., Italy, ca. 1755, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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