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Francesco Guardi

Architectural Capriccio: Garden Entrance to a Palace (recto); Three Masked and Costumed Figures and Other Figure Studies (verso)

1712–93
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); pen and light brown ink for costumed figures; dark brown ink for the other figures; in graphite, drawing of a head in profile (verso)
18.3 × 11.5 cm (7.2 × 4.5 in)

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