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Design for a Freestanding Tomb Seen in Elevation and Plan
Antonio da Sangallo, the Younger, 1530–35
- Artist
- Antonio da Sangallo, the Younger (Italian, Florence 1484–1546 Terni)
- Date
- 1530–35
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over extensive compass-incised and stylus-ruled construction with pin-pricked measurements
- Size
- sheet: 15 13/16 x 7 3/8 in. (40.1 x 18.8 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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