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Alessandro Rossini

Memorial Decoration for the Interior of a Building to Honor the Deceased Ernst Ludwig, 1725

1702–36
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with pink-brown gouache, over traces of leadpoint; framing lines in black ink
45.5 × 33 cm (17.9 × 13 in)

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