Altar Lamp, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar lamp hung from three chains, starting from calyces upon the heads of birds. Two waved garlands of leaves are intertwined at the body. The birds stand between the garlands, and a mask is at the front. Three flames burn at lamp's opening., Rome, Italy, ca. 1825, lighting, Drawing

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