Fragment of an ornamental sketch 1685 - 1689

This 17th-century sketch, created sometime between 1685 and 1689, is an anonymous work held at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Denmark. The artwork, unfortunately, appears to be faded or damaged leaving the viewer with faint traces of a once decorative design. It is unclear what the original subject matter was, but the faded lines and remnants of the sketch suggest a delicate, possibly floral, pattern. The sketch's size, 251 mm in height and 257 mm in width, indicates its likely use as a preliminary study for a larger project.