Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate 'p' 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 'p' 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 the pediment is decorated with some rocaille ornaments and floral garlands. Five cherubs are seated on the 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: 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