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

Ornament print with a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with a large architectural reliquary on the altar table crowned by a crucifix and flanked by the figure of Mozes and a priest (Levi?) from the Old Testament. 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