ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
A design for a triumphal arch seen from the front (recto); and A design for a triumphal arch seen from aside (recto); A seated shepherd drinking (verso, by a different hand)
with number '24' (i) and '29' (ii)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, watermark fleur-de-lys in a double circle (i)
19¹⁄₈ x 15¹⁄₄ in. (48.5 x 38.5 cm) (i); 19³⁄₈ x 15¹⁄₄ in. (49.1 x 38.6 cm) (ii)
a pair

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In the architecture and the type of figures, this study can be compared with a stage design by Alessandro Galli Bibiena (1687-1769) from the Houthakker Collection (see P. Fuhring, Design into Art. Drawings for Architecture and Ornament. The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, London, 1989, II, no. 753, ill.).