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Giacomo Guardi

Capriccio with a Statue of a Warrior and a Ruined Castle on the Shore of the Lagoon

ca. 1780–90
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
47.1 × 34.7 cm (18.5 × 13.7 in)

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