Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for a Coat of Arms with Two Dragons and Initials [?] in center (recto); Three Constructed Circles with Inscriptions (verso)

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink over leadpoint on brown washed cream laid paper (still partly visible; recto and verso). Two sheets of paper glued together back to back (recto and verso are actually two different sheets)
18.3 × 11.7 cm (7.2 × 4.6 in)

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