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

Publisher Martin Engelbrecht German
Printed ca. 1750–56
Not on view
Ornament print with a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with a large architectural reliquary on the altar table crowned by a small figure of the Risen Christ, flanked by two spiral columns. The floorplan for the altar is depicted directly below the elevation. 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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Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate i from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'
  • Artist: Johann Michael Leüchte (German, active Augsburg, died 1759)
  • 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: 2014.97.115
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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