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A work made of pen and brush and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper.

Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building(verso)

c. 1720

Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768

Italy

Canaletto made many finished drawings with pen and wash; sometimes they depict an actual scene, but just as often they contain more than a touch of fantasy. This capriccio may be based on reminiscences of the little town of Chioggia.

Pen and brush and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

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