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Design for an Altar with a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds and God the Father Above

Giovanni Battista Foggini

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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Title: Design for an Altar with a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds and God the Father Above
Creator: Giovanni Battista Foggini
Date Created: 1652–1725
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (24.7 x 15 cm)
Type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348683
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of graphite
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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