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

Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier|Franz Xavier Habermann|Jeremias Wachsmuth

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

Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate k from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.' — Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier|Franz Xavier Habermann|Jeremias Wachsmuth

Ornament print with a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with vases and female Victory figures flanking the altar, and a large baldachin over the broken pediment. 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: Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier|Franz Xavier Habermann|Jeremias Wachsmuth
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014