Mausoleum for family of Alexander the Great, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined, Distant angle view of the enormous precinct, in which the domed mausoleum stands in a square, the corners of which are marked by pyramids. Figures on foot, on horseback, and beside a camel are in the left nearer distance. In the left foreground stands a dog (?) with his forefeet on a casket. Written there: 'Or (?) debbito che mi / da addezzo / Sengo il Grande / e non o quatrini / p[er] Mangiare'. Caption under the architecture: 'Cappella Sepolcrale p[er] la Fameglia delli Cgni[aro]gni P[resen]ti'. Underneath a part of an architectural plan, in graphite, 'belonged originally to…'., Rome, Italy, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Mausoleum, family, Alexander, Great, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, graphite, off-white laid paper, lined, Distant angle view, enormous precinct, domed mausoleum stands, square, corners, marked, pyramids, Figures, foot, horseback, beside, camel, left nearer distance, left foreground stands, dog, forefeet, casket, Written, debbito che mi, da addezzo, Sengo il Grande, e non o quatrini, p, er, Mangiare', Caption under, architecture, 'Cappella Sepolcrale p, er, la Fameglia delli Cgni, aro, gni P, resen, ti', Underneath, part, architectural plan, graphite, originally …', Rome, Italy, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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