Design for an Altar Tablet, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Brush and sepia wash, watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar tablet with curved outlines, supported by two volutes of leaves standing upon bases. Below, in the center of the frame, the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII. Cherubim are on top of the volutes at the sides. Above an elaborated pediment, with allegorical figures of Faith and Justice sitting and on the top a relief with Christ on the cross, with the Virgin Mary, St. John, and St. Magdalene. The relief is supported by two angels

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