Design for Spandral Decoration, Brush and sepia wash, pen and brown ink, graphie, white gouache on paper; verso: pen and brown ink, black chalk on paper, Recto: top left and right, center left: spandrels showing Abraham raising or brandishing the knife and Isaac kneeling. The representation at top right which showed the coming of the angel and the head of the ram was obliterated by over painting with sepia. Bottom center, right: An indistinct nude figure in a spandrel. Bottom center, left, in opposite directions: Noah holding a small ark from which a dove flies. Bottom center: the scale., Verso: a standing man in classical armor talks to what seems to be an angel. The man is shown twice: the other figure, in the three poses., Rome, Italy, ca. 1825, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
Keywords:
Design, Spandral Decoration, Brush, sepia wash, pen, brown ink, graphie, white gouache, paper, verso, pen, brown ink, black chalk, paper, Recto, top left, right, center left, spandrels, Abraham raising, brandishing, knife, Isaac kneeling, representation, top right, showed, coming, angel, head, ram, obliterated, painting, sepia, Bottom center, right, indistinct nude figure, spandrel, Bottom center, left, opposite directions, Noah holding, small ark, dove flies, Bottom center, scale, Verso, standing man, classical armor talks, seems, angel, man, shown twice, figure, three poses, Rome, Italy, ca, 1825, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.