Design for a Main Altar, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, In the center of the retable is a niche with a group of the Deposition of Christ, laterally framed by a projecting column and a strip with two panels and a pilaster outside; above is a triangular pediment supported by a pedestal with an inscription in a wreath at the front and two angels sitting laterally upon its base. In front of the socle stands the mensa. In the panels below the pilasters are panels with a prelat's escutcheons. The socle is elongated and two groups of a saint with angles stand upon the pedestals at the outsides. The apsis is outlined., Rome, Italy, 1780-1783, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Main Altar, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, center, retable, niche, group, Deposition, Christ, laterally framed, projecting column, strip, two panels, pilaster outside, triangular pediment supported, pedestal, inscription, wreath, front, two angels sitting laterally upon, base, front, socle stands, mensa, panels, pilasters, panels, prelat's escutcheons, socle, elongated, two groups, saint, angles stand upon, pedestals, outsides, apsis, outlined, Rome, Italy, 1780-1783, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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