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Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

View of Motrone Castle (before its demolition around 1692)

1606–80
Pen and brown ink over leadpoint
16.7 × 27.3 cm (6.6 × 10.7 in)

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

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