Design for a Wall Decoration with Apollo and the Muses, a Figure of Astronomy, and the Coat-of-Arms of a Grand Duke of Tuscany as Grand Master of the Order of Santo Stefano
1561–88
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk
23 × 32.7 cm (9.1 × 12.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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