Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate h (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Martin Engelbrecht|Johann Michael Leüchte

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

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate h (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.' — Martin Engelbrecht|Johann Michael Leüchte

Ornament print with the side elevation and the floorplan for the design for an altar presented in the previous print (altar in a late Baroque style, with a large architectural reliquary 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: Martin Engelbrecht|Johann Michael Leüchte
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014