Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Two Alternate Designs for an Altar (?)

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and red-chalk wash, over graphite or leadpoint, with ruled and compass construction. Framing outlines in pen and brown ink. Scale, at bottom, in pen and brown ink

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