Design for Elevation of an Altar Retable, Pen and ink, black chalk on paper, Recto: The left half is shown. Two paintings in a vertical row are suggested for the central part, which is topped by the royal French crown. the lateral part is obliquely disposed. A twisted column stands free at the inside beside two statutes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Luke, both seated. A flying angel lifts the curtain over them which hangs downward from a lambrequin showin fleur-de-lys. Volutes form the top, two angels with palm boughs being suggested affixed to them. Verso: sketches of a similar altar

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