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Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)
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Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

mid-18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)

Dimensions

sheet: 7 9/16 x 12 in. (19.2 x 30.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Mauro Antonio Tesi

1730–1766

Born 15 January 1730; died 18 July 1766. Student of the heraldic painter Morreltini. Painter of architecture and interior views. Comment on works: views, architecture