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Francesco Guardi

Capriccio with Roman Ruins

18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite; framing outlines in pen and brown ink drawn by the artist; sheet glued onto secondary paper support
27.6 × 40 cm (10.9 × 15.7 in)

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