Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase (recto); Studies for the Frame of a Shaped Field (verso) — Francesco Guardi. Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase (recto); Studies for the Frame of a Shaped Field (verso), 1712–93. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase (recto); Studies for the Frame of a Shaped Field (verso)

by Francesco Guardi

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Artist: Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice)
Date: 1712–93
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (verso)
Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 6 1/4in. (25.3 x 15.8cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession no.: 37.165.86

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