• Unknown, Italy, late 16th century (draughtsman)

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.

• design drawing

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

• finished drawing

• elevation (drawing)

• general view

- 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 ?]

• architecture

• bas-relief
• columns (architectural elements)
• cross (visual work)
• Corinthian order
• pedestal
• broken pediment
• volutes
• altarpiece
• aedicules
• architectural frame
• arched surround
• panels