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NAME(S) Unknown, Italy, late 16th century draughtsman TITLE Elevation for an altarpiece frame with Corinthian columns and a broken pediment DATE(S) late 16th century PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 1 drawing(s) pen and brown ink and brown wash with purple watercolour over graphite or possibly black chalk sheet: 42.0 x 27.9 cm - The l.l. corner of the sheet is missing and the sheet has been trimmed at the t., cutting off part of the image. INSCRIPTIONS inscribed - in an unknown contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, throughout: with measurements and building materials and their colours signed - by the collector, in pen and brown ink, c.: "J Talman" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "T [?] 26631 / #6" [inventory number ?] NOTES - This elevation is for a rectangular frame for an altarpiece with a marble block, possibly the altar, within an arched surround. The altarpiece is flanked on each side by two Corinthian columns and is surmounted by an entablature with a bas-relief of a cherub, a broken pediment with volutes, and a cross. KEYWORDS volutespedestalpanelsgeneral viewfinished drawingelevation (drawing)drawingsdesign drawingcross (visual work)Corinthian ordercolumns (architectural elements)broken pedimentbas-reliefarchitecturearchitectural framearched surroundaltarpieceaedicules DR1964:0016:004 Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal