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Giovanni Battista Foggini

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Design for Candle Stick (?) (verso)

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over traces of black chalk. Traces of a vertical black chalk line through the center of the design. Verso: graphite
20.5 × 14.5 cm (8.1 × 5.7 in)

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