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Hans Vredeman de Vries

Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]

ca. 1594–96
Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass marks
28.8 × 42 cm (11.3 × 16.5 in)

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