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Designs for an Altar in a Niche

1755–1817
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Designs for an Altar in a Niche
  • Artist: Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi (Italian, Bologna 1735–1817 Bologna)
  • Date: 1755–1817
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, purple-gray and green wash, over leadpoint; vertical line in leadpoint and pen and brown ink through the center of the drawing to create the symmetry
  • Dimensions: 13-7/16 x 8-1/8 in. (34.2 x 20.6 cm) irregular borders
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.570.74
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome, Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, yellow, and rose wash, with a vertical line in leadpoint (in half part of the drawing) through the center to create the symmetry
Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
1755–1817
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The Parade, Si Lewen American, Manufactured charcoal, pencil, crayon, ink, scratching, and hand applied gesso on paperboard
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Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling, Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, rose, green and blue wash, over traces of black chalk or leadpoint
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ca. 1750–60
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