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Designs for Archways and Baldachins with Caryatids and Coats of Arms (recto); Design for a Monument with Statues of Prudence and Fortitude (verso)

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Pen and brown ink over black chalk or graphite (recto and verso)
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
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Title: Designs for Archways and Baldachins with Caryatids and Coats of Arms (recto); Design for a Monument with Statues of Prudence and Fortitude (verso)
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Pen and brown ink over black chalk or graphite (recto and verso).

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