Design for an Altar, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Above is the elevation, below, separated by a wide dark strip the plan. Above steps stand four columns and support the half-circular entablature, above which four figures stand and a half dome rises; on top a figure with a cross. The mensa with the tabernacle stands at the back wall. Colored background. At the reverse are some colored oblongs., Rome, Italy, ca. 1790, architecture, Drawing

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