Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for an Altar With Six Large Candelabra

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown-gray wash over graphite. Framing lines in pen and dark brown ink and brush and dark brown ink
22.8 × 23.9 cm (9 × 9.4 in)

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