Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration, with a King Accompanied by Soliders, Gaetano Lazzara, Italian, d. ca. 1730, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper, Left half of an architectural interior is shown. View through a kind of proscenium with a caryatid in an apse. It has a basement with window grates. The main floor has the shape of an arcade with balconies with screens. Three steps lead into the center to a platform upon which twisted columns, three in a row, support an arch. Shown is 'Ahasverus,' accompanied by soldiers, stretching out his arms towards 'Esther,' kneeling. The mace is in his right hand. Framing line, below, at left. Below is the scale: 'Canna.', Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1703, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Illusionistic Wall Decoration, King Accompanied, Soliders, Gaetano Lazzara, Italian, d, ca, 1730, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, black chalk, white laid paper, Left half, architectural interior, shown, View, kind, proscenium, caryatid, apse, basement, window grates, main floor, shape, arcade, balconies, screens, Three steps lead, center, platform upon, twisted columns, three, row, support, arch, Shown, 'Ahasverus, accompanied, soldiers, stretching out, arms towards 'Esther, kneeling, mace, right hand, Framing line, left, scale, 'Canna, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1703, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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