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Endpaper; verso: Inscription with Sketches by Frederic Leighton — VisualArtsDB

Endpaper; verso: Inscription with Sketches

Endpaper; verso: Inscription with Sketches

Frederic Leighton

Medium: Metalpoint on prepared paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The inscriptions refer to: Palazzo Reale (17th-century palace in Naples), Serra di Cassano (18th-century palace in Naples), Church of Santo Spirito, Florence

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