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Francesco Albani

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco.

1650–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, over black chalk or leadpoint
26.5 × 72.5 cm (10.4 × 28.5 in)

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

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