Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Two Alternate Designs for a Balustrade with Architectural Perspective
1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, gray wash and watercolor, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Some dotted framing lines in pen and brown ink
54.6 × 40.8 cm (21.5 × 16.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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