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

Martin Engelbrecht|Johann Michael Leüchte

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

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

Ornament print with a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with a large architectural reliquary on the altar table crowned by the figure of the lamb of God and flanked by two spiral columns. 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|Johann Michael Leüchte
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014