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Francesco Guardi

Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase (recto); Studies for the Frame of a Shaped Field (verso)

1712–93
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (verso)
25.3 × 15.8 cm (10 × 6.2 in)

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