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Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples

Luigi Vanvitelli · 1700–1773

Luigi Vanvitelli: Italian, 1700 - 1773

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Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples

1700–1773

Graphite over compass and ruled construction lines in graphite · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Graphite over compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
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20-1/16 x 14-7/16 in. (50.9 x 36.6 cm)
Collection no.
65.536.2
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Luigi Vanvitelli. Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples. Luigi Vanvitelli; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples — Luigi Vanvitelli. 1700–1773.

Medium: Graphite over compass and ruled construction lines in graphite. Dimensions: 20-1/16 x 14-7/16 in. (50.9 x 36.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Luigi Vanvitelli. Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples. Luigi Vanvitelli; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.