Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and ink, brush and black wash, black chalk on paper, Figural group surrounding an urn on a pedestal. Three blindfolded children surround the vase, each clutching it. A flying putto, who has uncovered his eyes, holds a ball above. In an escutcehon at the pedestal is inscribed: 'MVNIFICENTIE / ET / MAGNIFICENTIE / DECVS.' A woman standing at left embraces the vase and holds a cornucopia under which the foreparts of a griffin are shown. A woman, at right, holds a mace and a crown over a circular domed architectural structure carried by a child. Framing lines., Bologna, Italy, 1689–94, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Monochrome Painting, Church, Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen, ink, brush, black wash, black chalk, paper, Figural group surrounding, urn, pedestal, Three blindfolded children surround, vase, clutching, flying putto, uncovered, eyes, holds, ball, escutcehon, pedestal, inscribed, 'MVNIFICENTIE, ET, MAGNIFICENTIE, DECVS, woman standing, left embraces, vase, holds, cornucopia under, foreparts, griffin, shown, woman, right, holds, mace, crown, circular domed architectural structure carried, child, Framing lines, Bologna, Italy, 1689–94, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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