Title: Design for the Left Half of an Altar
Object type: Drawing; Ornament & Architecture
Date: 1750–66
Artist:  Mauro Antonio Tesi 
Artist bio: Italian, Montalbano 1730–1766 Bologna
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and deep brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 2 3/8in. (14.1 x 6cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Altars