Design for an altar, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Shown are the elevation, an unfinished plan, a finished plan in a smaller scale. The mensa stands in front of a dado which ends laterally with two round pedestals with statues. In front of the dado of the retable stands the tabernacle in the centere. The retable has a half-circular shape formed by a double colonnade. It has on top a conch and a triangular pediment. On top a cross between two angels. The Ascension of the Virgin is represented by sculputred figures. Measurements are indicated beside the elevation and in the plans. Colored background., Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing