Design for a Confessional, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals

Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht

Printed ca. 1750–56 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Design for a Confessional, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals — Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht

Ornament print with a design for a confessional in frontal elevation. The confessional is symmetrical in shape and is characterized by 2 putti holding up a piece of drapery with lambrequins and 3 cherubs supporting an oval medallion with the likeness of God the Father. 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.

Artist
Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht
Date
Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
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