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Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]

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Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk stylus and compass marks
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts 2014
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Title: Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]
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Pen and brown ink with a gray wash over traces of black chalk stylus and compass marks.

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