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Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for a Stage Set: Triumphal Arch with Fountains in the Side Niches and the View of a Boat through the Arch

1700–1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of leadpoint. Scale in pen and brown ink at bottom of the drawing
33.9 × 28.2 cm (13.3 × 11.1 in)

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