Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Design for an Altar
1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash with watercolor, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scale, at bottom, in pen and brown ink
57 × 39.3 cm (22.4 × 15.5 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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