Design for Stuart Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Intended to be erected in the intercolumniation between two embedded columns, which support an entablature. At left: upon a high pedestal stands a base with two stpes and a plinth and upon it the statue of a ruler in classical attire, extending the right arm, with the mace. Beside him stands upon the upper step a putto supporting a shield and raising the sword. Another sits upon teh same step, at he other side. A third kneels at right upon the lower step, supporting a festoon and possibly the shield. The corners of the steps are bevelled. A canopy hanging from above, forms the background of the group. In front of the pedestal stands the sarcophagus upon a pedestal. Its body is tub-like. Upon the cover two putti, an escutcheon with a crown on top. The second design is at right without framing line; in a smaller scale, the entablature. The sarcophagus is supported by a high pedestal' upon its cover kneel, respectively sit, two winged figures and support a medallion with a portrait, and on top the crown. The main part of the pedestal consists of an oblong panel with a relief. Laterally are gaines with a head above. Above the entablature is a triangular pediment with two female allegories sitting upon it., Rome, Italy, 1793, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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