Donato Giuseppe Frisoni

One Half Design for a Ceiling with Floral and Strapwork Motifs (recto); Slight Scribbles (verso).

1709–30
Pen and brown ink over leadpoint or graphite (recto); leadpoint or graphite (verso)
21.7 × 12.3 cm (8.5 × 4.8 in)

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