Giovanni Battista Foggini

Sheet with sketches and designs for two vases, three classical heads en profil and two slave figures (recto); Design for a Vase and a Nude Male Figure (verso)

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk. Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk
20.6 × 14.4 cm (8.1 × 5.7 in)

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