Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, At left, the lower right side is shown. The fireplace is flanked by a receding pair of Ionic columns, with a statue standing in the intercolumnium. Festoons decorate the frieze, in the center of which is a projecting oblong relief. A looking-glass stands above. A candlestick for three candles stands in front of the flanking pilaster s tripe. It consist of an urn rising between two seated figures. Measurements are indicated at right. The right side of the looking-glass is shown. A plant rising from an urn decorates the pilaster. On top is a molding supported by genii. Colored background., Rome, Italy, 1746–1809, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Mantelpiece, Alternative Suggestions, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, left, lower right side, shown, fireplace, flanked, receding pair, Ionic columns, statue standing, intercolumnium, Festoons decorate, frieze, center, projecting oblong relief, looking-glass stands, candlestick, three candles stands, front, flanking pilaster s tripe, consist, urn rising, two seated figures, Measurements, indicated, right, right side, looking-glass, shown, plant rising, urn decorates, pilaster, top, molding supported, genii, Colored background, Rome, Italy, 1746–1809, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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