Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century
Design for a Church with a Central Octagonal Plan
1570–1620
Pen and light brown ink, brush with brown and pink watercolor, some brown wash (later retouching), on parchment; framing lines in pen and brown ink
43.3 × 28.2 cm (17 × 11.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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