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 495 mm x width 83 mm, obelisk, needle, A tall, narrow obelisk drawn in monochrome stands on a multi-tiered rectangular pedestal; the obelisk tapers to a pointed top crowned with a small decorative cap, a star-like ornament, and a cross above it. The obelisk shaft is densely covered with rows of carved symbols and pictorial elements arranged in horizontal bands, including stylized birds, seated and standing human figures in profile, various animal shapes, and other geometric and symbolic motifs depicted in a linear, relief-like style. Near the base of the shaft are two larger human figures facing each other with a horizontal element between them, and above and below are additional oval-framed motifs containing seated figures. The pedestal consists of several molded layers with a broad...
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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 495 mm x width 83 mm, obelisk, needle, A tall, narrow obelisk drawn in monochrome stands on a multi-tiered rectangular pedestal; the obelisk tapers to a pointed top crowned with a small decorative cap, a star-like ornament, and a cross above it. The obelisk shaft is densely covered with rows of carved symbols and pictorial elements arranged in horizontal bands, including stylized birds, seated and standing human figures in profile, various animal shapes, and other geometric and symbolic motifs depicted in a linear, relief-like style. Near the base of the shaft are two larger human figures facing each other with a horizontal element between them, and above and below are additional oval-framed motifs containing seated figures. The pedestal consists of several molded layers with a broad upper plinth supporting the obelisk, showing simple linear shading and contouring. The drawing is on a plain, lightly textured background with slight spotting and marginal discoloration.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B30_048

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

33.5Mo (7.2Mo) / 11.7cm x 72.0cm / 1376 x 8503 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Egyptian obelisk drawing album page part album Italy c 1550 - c 1650 draftsman artist materials function paper ink pen brush brown gray height 495 mm x width 83 mm obelisk needle tall narrow obelisk drawn monochrome stands multi-tiered rectangular pedestal obelisk tapers pointed top crowned small decorative cap star- ornament cross obelisk shaft densely covered rows carved symbols pictorial elements arranged horizontal bands stylized birds seated standing human figures profile various animal shapes geometric symbolic motifs depicted linear relief- style Near base shaft two larger human figures facing horizontal element them additional oval-framed motifs containing figures pedestal consists several molded layers broad upper plinth supporting showing simple linear shading contouring plain lightly textured background slight spotting marginal discoloration

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