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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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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