Elevation for a sepulchral monument to Cardinal Lante, Rome
1773-1775
- This elevation is for a relief sculpture monument to Cardinal Federico Marcello Lante della Rovere. The sculpture consists of a portrait bust held in place by a putto surmounted by an eagle grasping the symbol of eternity - a snake - in its beak.
Pen and grey ink and grey wash, over black chalk or graphite
sheet: 41.5 x 28.2 cm
DR1966:0001:050
- The drawing is framed by a pen and black ink double border just inside the edge of the sheet.
inscribed - by the draughtsman, in brush and brown wash, c.: "D.O.M." inscribed - by a contemporary hand ? in pen and brown ink, verso, l.r.: "Bepotito Lante" [?; written sideways] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "50"; and verso, l.r.: "50"
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