Four Designs for Sepulchral Monuments, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Above: Elevation of a wall with a great niche in the center. In its stands a sarcophagus supported by two lions. Above it is a niche with a statue of a sitting person. The lower part of the wall has angular niches with statues; the upper part has ovoidal niches with busts. Steps lead to the protruding central parts. Above the entablature are laterally trophies of arms; in the middle, a pedestal with an escutcheon supported by two figures on top. Lower row, at left: the left sides of a quadrangular sarcophagus supported by a crouching griffon holding a disk with a multiple star. Beside it is the elevation of an angular niche having in front two columns. In front of the lateral walls are trophies. The sarcophagus stands at the back wall. On top is a high pedestal with a relief and the escutcheon as above. At right: the left side of a sarcophagus as at left supported by a crouching lion upon a vase. Colored background., Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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