Project for an altar, Robert Mylne, Scottish, 1734 – 1811, Pen and ink, brush, sepia, gray watercolor on paper, The mensa stands upon steps, in the interval of two pairs of columns, supporting the entablature and the pediment. Between the columns is a statue. Above the frame of a picture above the mensa is a tablet with an inscription: 'Ex Devotione Accademiae S. Luca.' In the frieze between two festoons: 'HVMILITAS.' Three statues upon the pediment are captioned: 'Speranza,' 'Humilità,' 'Fede.' Written below, in bassi-rilievi: 'sopra le colonne representano la storia della Sacra Scrittura

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