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Design for the Ornamentation of a Section of a Ceiling

1700–1780
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for the Ornamentation of a Section of a Ceiling
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century
  • Date: 1700–1780
  • Medium: 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
  • Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (41 x 25.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Leon Dalva Sr., 1965
  • Object Number: 65.654.92
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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