Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, incised lines, black chalk on paper, Architectural design for a sepulchral monument. Below is a dado which is shown in bird's-eye view. Upon a pedestal with the tablet for the inscription, of which the letters 'D O M' are inserted, and which is framed by pilasters with trophies of shields, stands the sarcophagus. Upon it lies a cloth, the prelate, wearing a tunic and the mitre. An escutcheon with six roundlets, 3, 2, 1. A pedestal rises behind the figure. Above is a group of the Virgin and the Child, who stands beside her upon a bench. Torches stand at the right front and at the left back corners. Verso: some ink strokes are in the upper corners., Italy, ca. 1560–70, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Sepulchral Monument, Medici Cardinal, Pen, ink, brush, bistre wash, incised lines, black chalk, paper, Architectural design, sepulchral monument, dado, shown, bird's-eye view, Upon, pedestal, tablet, inscription, letters 'D O M', inserted, framed, pilasters, trophies, shields, stands, sarcophagus, Upon, lies, cloth, prelate, wearing, tunic, mitre, escutcheon, six roundlets, 3, 2, 1, pedestal rises, figure, group, Virgin, Child, stands beside, upon, bench, Torches stand, right front, left back corners, Verso, ink strokes, upper corners, Italy, ca, 1560–70, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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