Stuart Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Intended for an intercolumniation between two embedded columns, and in a niche. Between the capitals is a frieze with an escutcheon supported by two flying putti, in front of drapery festoons. Below is a stereobate. The monument has below a pedestal with a high base, and a panel with a relief of figures. Above it stand two female allegories, leaning against the sarcophagus, which has the general shape of an urn upon a high base. Upon the cover kneel, at left a winged putti, in the center a putto and support the oval medallion with a bust portrait, sided by another putto, flying at right. Both putti support with their left hands the crown at top., Rome, Italy, 1793, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Stuart Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, Intended, intercolumniation, two embedded columns, niche, capitals, frieze, escutcheon supported, two flying putti, front, drapery festoons, stereobate, monument, pedestal, high base, panel, relief, figures, stand two female allegories, leaning, sarcophagus, general shape, urn upon, high base, Upon, cover kneel, left, winged putti, center, putto, support, oval medallion, bust portrait, sided, another putto, flying, right, putti support, left hands, crown, top, Rome, Italy, 1793, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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