Design for a Frame Decorated with a Shell Motif — Giovanni Battista Foggini | DiscoverArt

Giovanni Battista Foggini

Design for a Frame Decorated with a Shell Motif

1652–1725

Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk

10.2 × 6.8 cm (4 × 2.7 in)

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