Drawing, Altar mensa

This is a drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1746-1809 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined blued-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

19.9 x 24.4 cm (7 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

It is inscribed

At left is written along a dotted line: "fine del telaro". Above is a caption, explaining letters, inscribed into the drawing: "A", in the channels of the triglyph, and in the moldings: "Giallo di Siena poco macchioato". "B", the frieze of the entablature, body of the main part: "Brescia di Saravezza, o alabastro di S. Felice". "C" in the framing of the front panel: "verde antico". "D", the panel: "Alabastro fiorito". "E", the base: "Africano". "F" in the circular medallion: "Rosso antico". Unexplained are two "G".

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