Design for a Confessional, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals

Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

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

Design for a Confessional, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Confessionals — Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

Ornament print with a design for a confessional in frontal elevation. The confessional is symmetrical in shape and is characterized by 2 cherubs on the outer posts of the structure. On top of the center posts a burning bush and a tripple ball mace are held up by rocaille ornaments. 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
Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier
Date
Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
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