Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for an Arch Surmounted by a Cartouche with a Ducal Crown

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, over leadpoint. Scale, upper the design, in pen and brown ink
16.6 × 25.1 cm (6.5 × 9.9 in)

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