Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, An ornate mantelpiece, decorated with sculpted reliefs of lion heads and scrolls, occupies the center of the design. A carved frame, supported by pilasters and ornamented with garlands, rosettes, and griffins terminates in a triangular pediment. The overmantel contains an antique bust of Antinous in profile lightly drawn in graphite. Flanking the mantelpiece are two men.

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