Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Most or all designs intended for one of kings, Louis XVI of France. Top row left: a sepulchral chamber with a triangular pediment and with a pyramid rising on top, standing upon a platform. Right: a sarcophagus standing on top of a sepulchral chamber. Bottom row, right: a cinerary urn stands upon a pedestal with several sections upon a platform of the usual design. Above this design was roughly sketched a similar one, lines of the platform cutting along the urn. Left: columns probably intended as candlesticks stand in the front corners of a platform upon which an oblong pedestal stands. Two figures crouch upon it, behind whom a circular pediment rises carrying a cushion with crown and sceptre. The column at right is drawn over the designs at right. Colored background, top row right., Rome, Italy, 1793, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Elevations, Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations, Louis XVI, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, designs intended, kings, Louis XVI, France, Top row left, sepulchral chamber, triangular pediment, pyramid rising, top, standing upon, platform, Right, sarcophagus standing, top, sepulchral chamber, Bottom row, right, cinerary urn stands upon, pedestal, several sections upon, platform, usual design, design, roughly sketched a, lines, platform cutting, urn, Left, columns, intended, candlesticks stand, front corners, platform upon, oblong pedestal stands, Two figures crouch upon, whom, circular pediment rises carrying, cushion, crown, sceptre, column, right, drawn, designs, right, Colored background, top row right, Rome, Italy, 1793, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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