Design for a Ceiling Decoration
1709–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over graphite or leadpoint with ruled and compass construction
21.1 × 29.4 cm (8.3 × 11.6 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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