Giovanni Battista Foggini

Design for a Pedestal (recto); Design for the Plan of a Monument (verso)

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk. Vertical ruling lines (recto). Black chalk (verso)
13.3 × 9.3 cm (5.2 × 3.7 in)

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