Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, on off-white laid paper, Intended to be executed in marble and gilt bronze. Below, an oblong pedestal, upon three steps supported by calices. Alternative designs are suggested for the protruding corners of the pedestal. Above these are standing women with cornucopias. The front of the pedestal is decorated like an entablature; in the frieze hang festoons with circular portrait medallions above them. In the center is an oblong pedestal

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