Egyptian obelisk, drawing, album page, The drawing is part of an album., Italy, c. 1550 - c. 1650, draftsman (artist), materials by function, paper, ink, pen, brush, pen in brown with brush in gray, height 520 mm x width 84 mm, obelisk, needle, A tall, narrow stone obelisk drawn in monochrome stands on a stepped rectangular base; the obelisk tapers upward and is covered on its visible faces with rows of carved pictorial symbols and small figurative shapes resembling animals, birds, seated human-like figures, and various abstract marks arranged in horizontal bands; the uppermost section narrows to a small decorative cap topped by a star-shaped element and a slender vertical rod with a simple cross at the top; the drawing shows subtle shading and thin outline lines, with some faint stains and smudges visible on the paper background.
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Egyptian obelisk, drawing, album page, The drawing is part of an album., Italy, c. 1550 - c. 1650, draftsman (artist), materials by function, paper, ink, pen, brush, pen in brown with brush in gray, height 520 mm x width 84 mm, obelisk, needle, A tall, narrow stone obelisk drawn in monochrome stands on a stepped rectangular base; the obelisk tapers upward and is covered on its visible faces with rows of carved pictorial symbols and small figurative shapes resembling animals, birds, seated human-like figures, and various abstract marks arranged in horizontal bands; the uppermost section narrows to a small decorative cap topped by a star-shaped element and a slender vertical rod with a simple cross at the top; the drawing shows subtle shading and thin outline lines, with some faint stains and smudges visible on the paper background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_050

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Egyptian obelisk drawing album page part album Italy c 1550 - c 1650 draftsman artist materials function paper ink pen brush brown gray height 520 mm x width 84 mm obelisk needle tall narrow stone obelisk drawn monochrome stands stepped rectangular base obelisk tapers upward covered visible faces rows carved pictorial symbols small figurative shapes resembling animals birds seated human- figures various abstract marks arranged horizontal bands uppermost section narrows small decorative cap topped star-shaped element slender vertical rod simple cross top subtle shading thin outline lines faint stains smudges visible paper background

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