Design for a Sepulchral Monument, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The back wall of a pavilion has the shape of a niche. In its is below the sarcophagus supported by Atlantes, and above an oval niche with an urn. A festoon surrounds the lower part of this niche. Laterally and in the front are no walls, but arches supported by two pillars. The entablature is projecting in front of the corners and is there supported by two obliquely standing columns. Rectangularly projecting steps give access to the platform.

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