Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)
Johann Jakob Schübler German
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This drawing is a preparatory sheet by Schübler for a print in a series devoted to designs for funerary monuments. The current design presents a funerary monument placed in a deep niche decorated with draperies lined with ermine fur. The monument rests on top of a platform which has two steps on which candles and incense burners have been placed. The base of the monument is U-shaped and is decorated with draperies. A tomb is placed on top and carries a crowned coat of arms and a panel for an inscription. Two mourning putti are placed on either side. Rising over the tomb is a tapered column decorated by a trophy with symbols of good rulership and crowned by a bust of a Roman emperor.
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