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Design for an Altar by Matthew and Ann Nimetz, Giovanni Battista Torriglia — VisualArtsDB

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Design for an Altar

Design for an Altar

Design for an Altar

Matthew and Ann Nimetz Giovanni Battista Torriglia

1530–1560

Medium: pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions: sheet: 41.2 × 26.2 cm (16 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.) (irregular) mount: 48.2 × 33.3 cm (19 × 13 1/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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