Three Designs for the Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, At left: A couped obelisk rises from a sarcophagus which stands upon a circular pedestal, surrounded by a band with relief figures. Center: A couped obelisk rises from a sarcophagus which is supported by two crouching lions. At right animals crouch radially upon a circular pedestal with a relief band. An urn rises in the center. Intended, as evidently others tho, to stand at the corners of a platform, the wall being shown. Colored background., Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Three Designs, Elevation, Sepulchral Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, lined off-white laid paper, left, couped obelisk rises, sarcophagus, stands upon, circular pedestal, surrounded, band, relief figures, Center, couped obelisk rises, sarcophagus, supported, two crouching lions, right animals crouch radially upon, circular pedestal, relief band, urn rises, center, Intended, evidently, tho, stand, corners, platform, wall, shown, Colored background, Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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