Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Two Alternate designs for an Altar.
1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scale at bottom in pen and brown ink
50.8 × 35.7 cm (20 × 14.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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