Design for the Frame of a Mirror or Fire Screen (recto); Various Sketches (verso).
1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk. Verso: pen and brown ink
17.1 × 8.2 cm (6.7 × 3.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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