Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate i 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 i 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 small figure of the Risen Christ, flanked by two spiral columns. The floorplan for the altar is depicted directly below the elevation. 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