Francesco Guardi

Figure Studies (recto); Figures Along a Canal and on a Bridge; to the right, a Curtain and a Stool (?) (verso)

1712–93
Black chalk, the architecture drawn in pen and brown ink over black chalk on beige paper (recto). Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Black chalk (verso)
19.5 × 25.6 cm (7.7 × 10.1 in)

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