Design for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The bowl is supported at the ends by four revered consoles upon two octangonal plinths. The lower part of the bowl is fluted, the upper one has a frieze with festoons, hanging from the upper spirals of the consoles. Below, the lif in plain. Upon an octagonal base with cherubim at the oblique sides, raises a pedestal supporting a socket from which a cross springs. Only part of it is visible. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1775, architecture, Drawing

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