Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy
1724–25
Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black ink
25 × 35.9 cm (9.8 × 14.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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