Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century
Design for the Bay of an Arcade with Female Figures at the Base and an Arch with a Putto in the Spandrel
1500–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint, and stylus ruling, on blue-gray paper
37.8 × 25.7 cm (14.9 × 10.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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