Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Three Designs for the Ornamentation of Vaults
1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scales at bottom in pen and brown ink
36.4 × 51.2 cm (14.3 × 20.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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