Design for a Stage Set: Double Stairway Pierced by an Arcade (recto); Slight Sketch (verso)
1698–1765
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk (recto); Pen and brown ink (verso)
10.2 × 15.8 cm (4 × 6.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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