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Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century

Houses by a River

1703–66
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of charcoal, on cream laid paper. Ruled diagonal lines in graphite or lead running across upper half of sheet
15.4 × 23.7 cm (6.1 × 9.3 in)

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