Design for a Sarcophagus, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Something more than the left half is shown. Below is a base with a crouching lion and a moulding having a festoon in front, serving as supports. The sarcophagus has the general shape of an entablature. The lower part of the body is decorated with a row of leaves and with a female mask. A tablet is in the middle. In the middle of the corner is a colute pediment with a mask inside. A figure sits laterally upon it, whose head is not shown. Colored background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1780, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Sarcophagus, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, Something, left half, shown, base, crouching lion, moulding having, festoon, front, serving, supports, sarcophagus, general shape, entablature, lower part, body, decorated, row, leaves, female mask, tablet, middle, middle, corner, colute pediment, mask inside, figure sits laterally upon, head, shown, Colored background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1780, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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