Project for a Crest with Alternate Suggestions, Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre, brush and grey wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle showing design for an architectural ornament. A mask crowned with a leaf diadem on top of a pediment, the field of which is scalloped. At left, a putto with a thread sits on the cornice. At right, a flying putto. Verso: Jupiter with thunder bolt and eagle., Italy, 1725–1750, architecture, Drawing

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