Altar of Colored Marbles,, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and gray ink, watercolor, over graphite on white laid paper, Horizontal composition of a colored marble altar with four steps beneath. The front of the mensa is decorated in the middle by a cross framed with an oval garland. The lateral panels feature the coat-of-arms of a prelate with a lion rampant. The tabernacle is in the center of the altar bank with a circular pediment above and three burning candles on each side. The candles are flanked by green angel statues with green cornucopiae with red flames.

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