Design for Three Tomb Monuments, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Upper row, at left: the architectural setting is imilar to 1938-88-1296, the entablature not being indicated. The monument is a variation of 1938-88-1298, left row above. Two putti sit upon the cover of the sarcophagus. A woman sits upon the upper edge of a drapery covering part of the lower part of the pedestal. At right: the architectural setting with the canopy and the scheme of the monument are similar to 1938-88-1292, left. At the front, the sarcophagus is supported by feet. The front of the body is a trapezium containing a relief. Upon the cover sit two figures supporting an escutcheon with a crown. Female allegories are sitting upon steps similar to the design at left. On top, upon a seat similar to 1938-88-1352, sits a crowned woman. Lower row, horizontally. The setting with the canopy is similar to that above, at right. In the center, in front of the entablature, is a cresting motif. The scheme of the monument proper is similar to that above, at left., Rome, Italy, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

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