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Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

1700–1780
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite or leadpoint, with ruled construction. Scales, at bottom, in pen and brown ink
28.9 × 44.3 cm (11.4 × 17.4 in)

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