Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate b from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Johann Michael Leüchte|Martin Engelbrecht

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

Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate b from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.' — Johann Michael Leüchte|Martin Engelbrecht

Ornament print a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with a statue of Christ as the Good Shepherd above the altar table, flanked by statues of four apostles (James, Paul, Peter and John). 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: Johann Michael Leüchte|Martin Engelbrecht
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014