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Design for the Decoration of the Semi-Dome of a Church Apse
Battista Franco, ca. 1545–55
- Artist
- Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice)
- Date
- ca. 1545–55
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk and ruling in black chalk
- Size
- sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/4 in. (50.4 x 33.6 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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