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Acanthus with Leopard Heads

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Etching copy, Raccolta di varii cappriccii copy after no.16 lower section
Raccolta di varii cappriccii copy after no.16 lower section, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1937
Title: Acanthus with Leopard Heads
Description:
Etching copy, Raccolta di varii cappriccii copy after no.
16 lower section.

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