Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper, Figure of a reclining woman lies upon a conch, with the head at the left. She turns her head toward Cupid, who stands behind her. A ship is approaching from the right, only half of which is shown. Framing line in pen and brown ink. Squared in graphite., Bologna, Italy, 1707, figures, Drawing

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