Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Chapel in a Gothic Church (recto); Outline sketch of an oval form (verso)

1762–1844
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite (recto); graphite (verso). Fragments of framing lines in graphite or black chalk along all borders
24 × 16.2 cm (9.4 × 6.4 in)

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