Monument of King Louis XVI of France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Below is a rectangular base. Upon it stand at left Prudence, with the mirror, and at right Hope, leaning upon the sarcophagus, whose front has the shape of a vase, with a broken pediment, with a mask in the center. The sarcophagus has above the shape of a pedestal with a cushion above it. Upon it kneels a putto and raises a medallion with a bust portrait, and a laurel branch. At left stands a winged genius blowing a trumpet, helping with his left arm in supporting the medallion. The head is not visible. Below at right is a slightly sketched plan, a square, with two hemicycles at left and at right., Rome, Italy, ca. 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Monument, King Louis XVI, France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, rectangular base, Upon, stand, left Prudence, mirror, right Hope, leaning upon, sarcophagus, front, shape, vase, broken pediment, mask, center, sarcophagus, shape, pedestal, cushion, Upon, kneels, putto, raises, medallion, bust portrait, laurel branch, left stands, winged genius blowing, trumpet, helping, left arm, supporting, medallion, head, visible, right, slightly sketched plan, square, two hemicycles, left, right, Rome, Italy, ca, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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