Elevation for an altarpiece frame with Corinthian columns and a broken pediment
late 16th century
- This elevation is for a rectangular frame for an altarpiece with a marble block, possibly the altar, within an arched surround. The altarpiece is flanked on each side by two Corinthian columns and is surmounted by an entablature with a bas-relief of a cherub, a broken pediment with volutes, and a cross.
Pen, brown ink and brown wash with purple watercolour over graphite (or possibly black chalk) on laid paper
sheet: 42 x 27.9 cm (16 9/16 x 11 in.)
DR1964:0016:004
- The l.l. corner of the sheet is missing and the sheet has been trimmed at the t., cutting off part of the image.
inscribed - in an unknown contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, throughout: with measurements and building materials and their colours signed - by the collector, in pen and brown ink, c.: "J Talman" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "T [?] 26631 / #6" [inventory number ?]
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