Jean Baptiste Le Prince

Study for the Frontispiece, for Varie Vedute del Gentile

c. 1755
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
12.8 × 18.5 cm (5 × 7.3 in)

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