Landscape with Figures and Fortifications — Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) | DiscoverArt

Landscape with Figures and Fortifications

1750–80

Pen and dark brown ink, brush and black brown ink, over red chalk for the two figures at the left first plan.

36 × 47.3 cm (14.2 × 18.6 in)

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