Giovanni Battista Foggini

Design for a Vase with a Cross-section of its Neck (recto); Design for a Vase with studies of a Muscular Nude Male Figure and figures for a Baptism (verso)

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, over leadpoint (verso)
20.4 × 14.2 cm (8 × 5.6 in)

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