Design for a Frame — Johann Oktavian Salver | DiscoverArt

Johann Oktavian Salver

Design for a Frame

1750–88

Brush and black ink and gray wash over traced of black chalk. Incised for transfer. Flaps of paper added at top and bottom turned under.

47 × 34.8 cm (18.5 × 13.7 in)

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