Four chalices, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, At left the high foot is decorated with medallions, connected by festoons. The stem is a richly decorated baluster. Above it is a row of cherubim which support the bowl, whose lower part is decorated with festoons supported by bunches of ears of grain. Center: the stem is a standing angel, supporting with both hands upon his head the bowl. It has below a leaf calyx and is decorated with crossing ears of grain rising from the hands of the angel. A cloth hands from his left shoulder around his hips, forming below a background for him. At right, in smaller scale: at left, festoons supported by cherubim surround the foot. The stem has below the shape of a baluster, to which ears of grain are fastened by a ribbon. The bowl emerges from them. At right: the stem is an angular baluster. The bowl has a short foot and is decorated below by festoons supported by cherubim. Usual background., Rome, Italy, 1780–1790, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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Four chalices, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, left, high foot, decorated, medallions, connected, festoons, stem, richly decorated baluster, row, cherubim, support, bowl, lower part, decorated, festoons supported, bunches, ears, grain, Center, stem, standing angel, supporting, hands upon, head, bowl, leaf calyx, decorated, crossing ears, grain rising, hands, angel, cloth hands, left shoulder, hips, forming, background, right, smaller scale, left, festoons supported, cherubim surround, foot, stem, shape, baluster, ears, grain, fastened, ribbon, bowl emerges, right, stem, angular baluster, bowl, short foot, decorated, festoons supported, cherubim, Usual background, Rome, Italy, 1780–1790, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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