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Giuseppe Barberi

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Pen and ink sketches of ornate monstrances with radiating rays, angel figures and pedestal studies on pale paper.

Sketches for a Monstrance

1810

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a mantelpiece with a figural bracket and a frieze of garlands and putti.

Design for Mantelpiece Decoration

1780

Brown ink and wash design sheet showing a low domed ceiling, garland swags, and a floral scroll border with a lyre.

Designs for a Low Domed Ceiling

1800

Two brown ink and wash elevations of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains, balustrade, urns and doorways.

Designs for Bedroom Alcove

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical monument with a draped female statue, two flaming urns and seated figures.

Inkstand

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped bed canopies with fringed valances, tassels and feather plumes on top.

Two bed canopies

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a cherub clasping a tall candlestick with a scaled base, seated on steps.

Candlestick

1800

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

1800

Grey wash drawing of a victory column flanked by two trumpeting winged figures on military trophy pedestals.

Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound bouquet with tall leaves, flower buds and open blossoms resting on stones.

Bunch of flowers tied with ribbon

1800

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, a hanging grape garland and a wheat sheaf with a medallion.

Embroidered frontal

1780

Brown ink and wash design of draped panels under a flower garland, with a star, a cherub in a wreath, and scrollwork ornament

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

1800

Pen and wash sketch of a long row of miniature classical monuments, obelisks, columns, arches and a temple, with Italian labe

Sketch, A Centerpiece or "Desser" Celebrating Napoleon's Victories

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two alternative classical mantelpiece designs with columns, an urn, and carved reliefs.

Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an alcove elevation with draped curtains, a feather finial, and two oval portrait medallions.

Elevation of an alcove

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of two candlesticks, each held by a putto and supported by a scrolling dolphin-like base.

Two candelsticks

1780

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate candlesticks on classical columns with winged figures and a plain column beside them.

Candlesticks

1800

Pen and brown wash design for a bedroom ceiling with coffered panels, a central reclining figure, medallions and putti.

Design for Bedroom Ceiling Decoration

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of three putti with flower garlands and looping ribbons on a vertical pillar strip.

Pillar strip, three putti with ribbon and garlands

1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of four ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, medallions, putti and classical figures.

Design for the Decoration of Four Pilaster Strips

1780

Pen and ink wall elevation with ornamental panels, a framed niche, and handwritten Italian notes on materials.

Wall Elevation, Probably for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

1780

Ink and wash drawing of an interior wall elevation with a mantelpiece, doorways, and ornamental panels with reclining figures

Elevations of a wall, ceiling, mantelpiece

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorated wall with putti, garlands, medallions, and a central landscape panel.

Wall Elevation with Swags and Medallions

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a canopy bed with swagged drapery, dome crown, and fringed valance.

Design for a Canopy Bed

1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of a decorative dado with spiraling scrolls, laurel garland and measurement marks.

Dado

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of three vertical ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, birds, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of five console table designs with candlesticks and figural supports, numbered 94.

Designs for Five Console Tables, Three with Candlesticks, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

1780

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains and a frieze of figures above.

Design for Bedroom Alcove

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of three canopied bed alcove elevations with swagged drapery and a plan view.

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves: Three Elevations and One Plan

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of two ornamental knobs with acanthus leaves and carved male faces beneath finials.

Two knobs

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with vine leaves, grapes, satyr figures, and lions at its base.

Candlestick Representting Autumn

1770

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a candlestick with a seated putto, pedestal relief, and handwritten Italian notes.

Candlestick

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornamental designs, including two masks with serpents, a mermaid, and a figure on acanthus

Four doorknobs

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of six ornate chalices of varying heights, some with cherub figures supporting their stems.

Six chalices

1800

Brown ink and wash design of an arched alcove ceiling with figural friezes, putti in spandrels, and draped curtains below.

Design for Bed Alcove Ceiling Decoration

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental wall paneling, oval medallions, a console table, and a seated figure sketch.

Wall decoration; console table

1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of draped bed hangings with a valance, curtains, and central tassel swag.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a plumed canopy finial with beaded drapery and a fringed, tasseled valance below.

Detail of a Plumed Canopy Finial

1780

Two brown ink and wash ceiling design studies with octagonal coffers, oval medallions, a putto, and scrollwork.

Designs for Ceiling Decorations, with Plan of Spectators' Room of a Theater

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate candlestick held by a putto, beside a standing young man holding a lantern.

Candlestick; portrait

1800

Brown wash drawing of a classical nude figure on a pedestal with laurel branches, plus candlestick and ornament studies.

Candlesticks

1770

Pen and ink drawing of ceiling and wall decoration studies with coffered panels, a statue in a niche, and an inscribed curved

Designs for Ceiling and Wall Decorations

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate canopy cresting with plumes, swagged drapery and fringed hangings.

Cresting of a Canopy

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Gothic interior with pointed arches, a rose window, columns and a ribbed vault.

Interior of a Gothic room

1800

Brown ink and wash design sketch of vaulted ceiling lunettes with seated figures, medallions, and ornamental panels.

Design for the Decoration of Barrel Vaulted Ceiling

1800

Four brown ink and wash sketches of domed bedroom alcoves with draped curtains and columns on a sheet of paper.

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

1780

Pen and brown wash design sketch of a bedroom interior with arched ceiling, pilasters, and ornamental panel details.

Design for Decorations for a Bedroom

1800

Brown ink and wash elevation of a decorated room wall with a doorway, mirror, classical statues and relief panels.

Elevation of a Drawing Room Wall

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of ornate metal purse frames with scrolls, mask heads, garlands and clasps.

Metal frames for Purses

1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of six alcove elevations with draped curtains, columns, pediments and putti.

Six Designs for Alcove Elevations

1780

Brown wash drawing of a decorated living room wall elevation with two doorways, garlands, putti and oval medallions.

Elevation of a Living Room Wall

1800

Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped bed alcove with swagged curtains, tassels, and a canopy with foliage.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical ornamental bracket with cornucopias of flowers and a foliage swag below.

Bracket

1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a door with an overdoor relief of seated figures and scrolling ornamental panels.

Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a church pillar pedestal with a relief of two putti and fluted pilasters.

Design for the Pedestal and Base of a Pillar in a Church

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing with four panels of putti, a lion, an eagle, and allegorical figures for ceiling decoration.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations

1770

Ink and wash floor plan showing an octagonal room and a rectangular room with ornamental panels and a handwritten Italian ins

Centerpiece for the Ambassador of the Maltese Order

1760

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate chalices, one supported by a standing male figure holding the bowl overhead.

Four chalices

1780

Ink and brown wash drawing of tiered pedestals with relief panels, a mask ornament, and a lion on a plinth.

Bases of pilaster stripe

1780

Brown wash drawing of an elevated drawing room wall with two doorways, panels, a central pedestal with statues, and console t

Elevation of a Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Alternative Suggestions

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with ribbons, scrolls, a star, and a bearded man's face in a helmet.

Decoration of a Frieze

1700

Pen and brown wash sketch of a bed alcove with draped curtains, a canopy, a bed post, and a garland-decorated arch.

Bed Alcove

1780

Sepia ink and wash sheet with a draped figure bracket and three curved bands decorated with flowers and rosettes.

Door Knocker and Metal Purse Frames

1770