Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant
1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, vertical line in graphite through the center (recto); Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk (verso)
17.4 × 24.5 cm (6.9 × 9.6 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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