Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, A variation of the sceheme of 1938-88-1301. The flames burn above roudn altars. There are more steps below the central part. The doorcase is laterally framed by pedestals, whose upper shorter parts are divided by mouldings from the lower ones. The front of the upper is decorated with a festoon. Upon them are sitting female allegories, and they support the pediment of a sarcophagus above the door.

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