Drawing, Design of a Sepulchral Monument for a Cloister, ca. 1745 (CH 18117693)
Summary
A frame in architectural forms, with alternative suggestions. Three embedded columns upon high pedestals are supporting a pediment, in whose center a circle or an oval with a crown on top is intended as place for the coat of arms. Above a base, joining the pedestals is a sarcophagus, upon which two putti are supporting a medallion with a portrait.
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Date
1745
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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