Title: Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Date: mid-18th century
Artist:  Mauro Antonio Tesi 
Artist bio: Italian, Montalbano 1730–1766 Bologna
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: sheet: 7 9/16 x 12 in. (19.2 x 30.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Ornament