Architectural Studies: Portals
Red-chalk elevations of an ornamented portal and a domed tabernacle
The sheet holds red-chalk architectural studies that the catalogue identifies as portals. An upper drawing shows a framed portal or aedicule crowned by a rounded pediment with relief ornament, set over an arched niche between entablature and pilasters. Below it a domed, drum-like tabernacle or canopy is sketched, with a few ruled construction lines running beneath. No text accompanies the drawings.
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Portal with arched niche and rounded pediment
An upright portal is drawn in elevation: an arched central niche is framed by an entablature and flanking supports, and crowned by a semicircular pediment carrying relief ornament. The form reads as a monumental doorway or aedicule.
Domed tabernacle or canopy sketched below
Beneath the portal a rounded, drum-and-dome structure is sketched more loosely, suggesting a small domed tabernacle or canopy seen in elevation. A couple of ruled lines cross the sheet below it as construction guides.