Design for a Confessional, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals
Ornament print with a design for a confessional in frontal elevation. The confessional is symmetrical in shape and is characterized by 2 cherubs on the outer posts of the structure. On top of the center posts a burning bush and a tripple ball mace are held up by rocaille ornaments. This print is bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a Confessional, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals
- Artist: Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750)
- Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684–1756 Augsburg)
- Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.97.87
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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