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Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for the Ornamentation of a Wall or a Private Altar

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. measuring scale, at bottom of design, in pen and brown ink
42.2 × 32.4 cm (16.6 × 12.8 in)

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