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Canaletto

Capriccio with a Roman Triumphal Arch

1720–30
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of leadpoint or graphite
38.1 × 54 cm (15 × 21.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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