Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for the Ornamentation of a Section of a Ceiling

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Measuring scale, at bottom of design, in pen and brown ink
41 × 25.8 cm (16.1 × 10.2 in)

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