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1/4 Design for a Painted Ceiling, with the Arms of a Cardinal in the Corner

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

1/4 Design for a Painted Ceiling, with the Arms of a Cardinal in the Corner

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Date
1700–1780
Medium
Pen and brown ink over leadpoint, with ruled and compass construction
Dimensions
7-9/16 x 9-3/16 in. (19.2 x 23.4 cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
65.653.59
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Ceilings

The Met object ID 340496. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.