Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)
ca. 1730
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash, with parallel diagonal lines and scale in black chalk, and with incised lines square off in lower part of sheet (recto); pen and gray ink over black chalk (verso). Framing lines on bottom and right side (recto)
27.3 × 41 cm (10.7 × 16.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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