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Francesco Guardi

Architectural Capriccio: Vaulted Passageway Leading to a Square

1712–93
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
20.3 × 24.5 cm (8 × 9.6 in)

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