Design for an Altar: Two Halved Variants

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century Italian

1700–1780

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Title: Design for an Altar: Two Halved Variants
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
Date: 1700–1780
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, red chalk and yellow wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scale at bottom of drawing in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 19 5/8 x 11 in. (49.8 x 28 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965
Object Number: 65.653.60
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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