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

CARL PIER (ca. 1750)

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

Design for a Monumental Altar, Plate n from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'. Artist: Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm). Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg). Date: Printed ca. 1750-56. Ornament print with a design for an altar in a late Baroque style, with an openwork pediment in which the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove has been depicted surrounded by a 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.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684-1756 Augsburg)

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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24.5 x 37.3 cm | 9.6 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)