Sepulchral Monument for Poet Maria Maddalena Morelli, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige laid paper, In a landscape with a citadel rising in the background at right, a monument stands upon a pedestal of three oval plinths. The monument is an urn surrounded by a group of three Gods: Apollo (at right, holding a lyre), Tiber (at left, holding a spear), and Minerva (in center, holding a laurel wreath). The gods are bestowing honors upon the bust atop the urn. The bust is inscribed with 'CORILLA', and the urn with INPROVISO/ SI.BENE.CHE./ FU.CORONATA./ IN/ CAMPIDOGLIO'., Italy, after 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Sepulchral Monument, Poet Maria Maddalena Morelli, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, graphite, beige laid paper, landscape, citadel rising, background, right, monument stands upon, pedestal, three oval plinths, monument, urn surrounded, group, three Gods, Apollo, right, holding, lyre, Tiber, left, holding, spear, Minerva, center, holding, laurel wreath, gods, bestowing honors upon, bust atop, urn, bust, inscribed, 'CORILLA', urn, INPROVISO, SI.BENE.CHE., FU.CORONATA., CAMPIDOGLIO', Italy, 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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