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Francesco Guardi

A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto); Three Sketches of Arches (verso)

1782
pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Before entering the museum's collection, this sheet may have been cut on the left, possibly to eliminate a sixth carriage that does not appear in Guardi’s other representations of the procession.

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