Design for a Sepulchral Monument for the Critic Galilei, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on blued-white laid paper, Obliquely and somehwat incompletely shownn. Two steps lead to a platform. Apollo is seated on a plinth. His left hand lies upon an urn. Inscription at the front side of a base: 'QVI - GIACE. IL. GALILEI. CHE. SCRISSE. CONTRO / IL. TASSO. VIVE. E. LVI. E. MORTO. PER. SE.' Projecting at the front side corners of the base are columns, bearing inscriptions: 'PER IL. TASSO' and 'NON PLVS. VLTRA.', respectively, and topped by urns

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