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, graphite on cream laid paper, Above the door frame is a half circle with a trophy of arms of Cardinal Albani. Above the straight entablature of the door-case, in the center, is a vase with dolphins beside it and garlands hanging cross-like from the backs of crouching sphinxes. A prior suggestion has been erased. The entablature is richly decorated and subdivided horizontally by consoles with ram's heads. In the frieze, in the place of triglyphs, alternate a female herma and two figures beside a candelabrum. Above, a wall of a pointed vault into which is inscribed a half circle with a shell on top and a mask at the point. In the lunette, the star and the threemount of the Albani appear upon a pedestal in front of a shell, in the center of a broken pediment on the cornices of which sit satyrs with palm branches. In the door, a lady with a fan, a gentleman–with his left hand outstretched and carrying a walking stick–and a dog appear., Rome, Italy, ca. 1755, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown, gray wash, graphite, cream laid paper, door frame, half circle, trophy, arms, Cardinal Albani, straight entablature, door-case, center, vase, dolphins beside, garlands hanging cross-, backs, crouching sphinxes, prior suggestion, erased, entablature, richly decorated, subdivided horizontally, consoles, ram's heads, frieze, place, triglyphs, alternate, female herma, two figures beside, candelabrum, wall, pointed vault, inscribed, half circle, shell, top, mask, point, lunette, star, threemount, Albani, upon, pedestal, front, shell, center, broken pediment, cornices, sit satyrs, palm branches, door, lady, fan, gentleman–, left hand outstretched, carrying, walking stick–, dog, Rome, Italy, ca, 1755, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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