Design for "Orthographia", pl.2

Johann Daniel Preissler

late 17th–mid-18th century

Design for "Orthographia", pl.2 by Johann Daniel Preissler

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk. Inlayed on paper mount with green and black framing lines. Incised(?)

Dimensions

5 15/16 x 11 in. (15.1 x 28 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948

Accession Number

48.148(70)

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