Sepulchral Monument for Felice Fontana, Professor of Philosophy, Padua, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on blue-white laid paper, In a landscape with a view of a distant building at left, a monument to Fontana stands. It consists of a cinerary urn inscribed with 'FONTANA' upon an ovoid pedestal inscribed with 'QUI.GIACE.IL.GRANDE.E/ BRAVO.FONTANA.CHE.FU/ FRATE.MA.SCRISSE.DA.PRIV/ GRAN.FILOSOFO.FU.REPUBLI(ca) no/ MA.GIUSTO.E.PRUDENTE'. The pedestal stands upon two steps and a base from which water pours. A woman with a roll of paper leans upon the pedestal on the left, while another one points her forefinger at the urn and holds in her left hand a snake(?). Behind the woman, an incense bowl stands upon four chincaerae legs., Italy, after 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Sepulchral Monument, Felice Fontana, Professor, Philosophy, Padua, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, graphite, blue-white laid paper, landscape, view, distant building, left, monument, Fontana stands, consists, cinerary urn inscribed, 'FONTANA' upon, ovoid pedestal inscribed, 'QUI.GIACE.IL.GRANDE.E, BRAVO.FONTANA.CHE.FU, FRATE.MA.SCRISSE.DA.PRIV, GRAN.FILOSOFO.FU.REPUBLI, ca, no, MA.GIUSTO.E.PRUDENTE', pedestal stands upon two steps, base, water pours, woman, roll, paper leans upon, pedestal, left, another, points, forefinger, urn, holds, left hand, snake, woman, incense bowl stands upon four chincaerae legs, Italy, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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