Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Design for an Altar: Two Halved Variants
1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, red chalk and yellow wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scale at bottom of drawing in pen and brown ink
49.8 × 28 cm (19.6 × 11 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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