EditorialWriting table Writing table, Table decorated with marquetry in various types of wood on an oak core. The oval furniture rests on four square legs, rejuvenating downwards, with Tuscan capitals and decorated with an orbit within an abutment. The lines wi...
EditorialWall Decoration with Military Attributes, Unknown, Italian, Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over graphite, ruled border in pen and brown Support: off-white laid paper, The central part is projecting; it consists of a mensa, the front of which i...
EditorialDesign for a door case, Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 17321805, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 17021786, Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper, Pointed pediment; a shell with lateral branches; a panel with shell outline. Panel con...
EditorialDesign for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 17021786, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, Above the door frame is a half circle with a trophy of arms of Cardi...
EditorialDesigns for Bedroom Alcove Walls, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, The alcove has the shape of a broad niche with a spherical ceiling above the entablature. A main entrance and...
EditorialDoorframe, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Pilasters project from pilaster strips, and have on top triglyphs instead of capitals. Triangular pediment, with a lily, inside; col...
EditorialDesign for a Framed Print, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper, A molded frame before a tablet was evidently intended as the inner frame for something printed (but the proportions are not those of a book). The Tablet is topped by a gir...
EditorialDoorframe for a poor house, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Two overdoors separated by the entablature. The bottom one shoes an inscription: PAVPERES / PROVIDE', flanked by triglyphs...
EditorialProject for a Window Case, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper, Elevation of door frame with a straight entablature supported by two consoles with triglyphs. Below is a dado with scale., Italy, 16501700, architecture, Drawing...
EditorialFuneral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The lower part is a variation of 1938-88-1294. Above the inscribed panel is the sarcophagus cr...
EditorialElevation of a Sepulcher Monument, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, An aedicule with triangular pediment and triglyphs. Within a skull and crossbones above an inscription beginning with DOM. Watermark: dove upon...
EditorialDrawing from the Madonna del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Sir William Chambers RA, 17231796, British, between 1750 and 1755, Graphite, pen and black and brown ink and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet:...
EditorialArchitectural painting of a vestibule. The columns have Ionic capitals but no bases, and the cornice has ornamental corbels and triglyphs closer to the Doric. Below are two vignettes showing Egyptian gods: Osiris and priest and snake, and Osiris and Is...
EditorialArchitectural painting of a vestibule. The columns have Ionic capitals but no bases, and the cornice has ornamental corbels and triglyphs closer to the Doric. Below are two vignettes showing Egyptian gods: Osiris and priest and snake, and Osiris and Is...
EditorialMahogany writing table Mahogany writing table, Mahogany table on a core of several types of wood. The conical, square cross-sectioned legs on thickened bobbins show, as well as the bottom of the lines and the side of the rectangular leaf, profiled shee...
EditorialSecretaire decorated with marquetry of various types of wood, Secretaire glued with several types of wood on an oak core. The beveled corner posts on the front have a base, fluted pilaster and triglyphs. Above the flap a drawer with three fields, the m...
EditorialWriting table Writing table, Table decorated with marquetry in various types of wood on an oak core. The oval furniture rests on four square legs, rejuvenating downwards, with Tuscan capitals and decorated with an orbit within an abutment. The lines wi...
EditorialArchitectural painting of a vestibule. The columns have Ionic capitals but no bases, and the cornice has ornamental corbels and triglyphs closer to the Doric. Below are two vignettes showing Egyptian gods: Osiris and priest and snake, and Osiris and Is...
EditorialArchitectural painting of a vestibule. The columns have Ionic capitals but no bases, and the cornice has ornamental corbels and triglyphs closer to the Doric. Below are two vignettes showing Egyptian gods: Osiris and priest and snake, and Osiris and Is...
EditorialArchitectural painting of a vestibule. The columns have Ionic capitals but no bases, and the cornice has ornamental corbels and triglyphs closer to the Doric. Below are two vignettes showing Egyptian gods: Osiris and priest and snake, and Osiris and Is...