Wall Elevation, Probably for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, lined, Horizontal rectangle. Below inscription is written at right, below what evidently is a sketch of the decoration of the ceiling, and over a sketch of what seems to be the frame of a niche, with a figure on top. At left is the elevation. A mantelpiece with a looking glass is separated by a pilaster, the decoration of which is described in the caption, from a door, above which is a rectangular representation. On the other side of the door are two pilasters separated by two short panels, one above the other. The entablature has a frieze with festoons. Above the vaulted lower part of the ceiling with an octagonal and an oval representation., Rome, Italy, 1787–1793, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Wall Elevation, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, off-white laid paper, lined, Horizontal rectangle, inscription, written, right, evidently, sketch, decoration, ceiling, sketch, seems, frame, niche, figure, top, left, elevation, mantelpiece, looking glass, separated, pilaster, decoration, described, caption, door, rectangular representation, side, door, two pilasters separated, two short panels, entablature, frieze, festoons, vaulted lower part, ceiling, octagonal, oval representation, Rome, Italy, 1787–1793, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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