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Roman Capriccio with Terrace
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Pen and brown ink brush and gray-brown wash over black chalk or graphite underdrawing.
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1948
Title: Roman Capriccio with Terrace
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and gray-brown wash over black chalk or graphite underdrawing.
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