Design for a Portable Screen — Giovanni Battista Natali III | DiscoverArt

Giovanni Battista Natali III

Design for a Portable Screen

1698–1765

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk

26.7 × 24 cm (10.5 × 9.4 in)

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