Identificationtitle(s): design for a confessional. Object type: drawing object number: rp-t-2014-52. Inscriptions / marks: monogram, bottom right: 'c. P. ' watermark: c & i honig. Description: the design is made up of two different (alternative) halves. It is a preliminary study for an engraving by martin engelbrecht from augsburg, one of a series of four confessionals designed by bier (cat. Berlin 1939, 3725, under 2). The blade is engraved and blackened on the back. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: karl bier. Place of manufacture: augsburg. Date: ca. 1750. Physical characteristics: pen and black ink and brush in gray. Material: paper ink technique: pen / brush. Dimensions: h 226 mm × w 176 mm. Subject: what: confessional ~ part of the confessional liturgical furniture, etc. Credit line: purchase from the decorative art fund/rijksmuseum fund. Acquisition: purchase june 19, 2014. Date: circa 1750.
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