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

Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

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

Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate 'o' (?) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.' — Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

Ornament print with a design for a monumental altar. The altar is still Baroque in its overall structure but is decorated with rocaille ornaments and floral garlands. The structure is crowned by the all-seeing eye of God surrounded by a ring of cherubs. 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: Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014