Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, The doorway is flanked by two pilasters with dolphins supporting festoons at capitals. An entablature with a frieze and a semi-circular window above it are outlined at the top of the drawing. Above doorway molding is a classical frieze with a scene of sacrifice. Seated griffins appear on either side of the frieze. Above this is a lower entablature surmounted by an eagle. Several people and two dogs stand in and around the doorway., Rome, Italy, ca. 1755, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown, gray wash, graphite, cream laid paper, doorway, flanked, two pilasters, dolphins supporting festoons, capitals, entablature, frieze, semi-circular window, outlined, top, drawing, doorway molding, classical frieze, scene, sacrifice, Seated griffins, side, frieze, lower entablature surmounted, eagle, Several people, two dogs stand, doorway, Rome, Italy, ca, 1755, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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