Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate c from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Engraver Georg Gottfried Winckler German

Printed ca. 1750–56

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Ornament print a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with a statue of the Virgin Mary above the altar table, flanked by statues of four female saints (Faith, Hope, Charity and Saint Agnes). 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.

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Title: Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate c from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'
Engraver: Georg Gottfried Winckler (German, 1710–1786)
Artist: After Johann Michael Leüchte (German, active Augsburg, died 1759)
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: 2014.97.103
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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