Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace — Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc | DiscoverArt

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace

1830–79

Pen and gray ink, brush and light wash, metal point framing lines, with small spatters of brown wash

24.8 × 33.7 cm (9.8 × 13.3 in)

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