Project: The elevation of an altar. With alternative suggestions, Pen, ink, bistre; blue gouache colors, white heightening on greyish blue paper, Vertical rectangle. The designs are different in the left and right halves. The mensa is supported by scrolls. Plain moldings form the oblong retable frame. An escutcheon crowned by a cross rises on top in front of a shell at left of an architectural background of a column, at right. A twisted column is shown at left, a volute and a baluster, at right., Italy, 1740–1800, Drawing

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Size: 4557px × 7000px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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