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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for Eleonora Magdalena Theresa (6 Jan. 1655 - 19 Jan. 1720)

ca. 1720
Pen, brown ink and gray wash
49.5 × 32.4 cm (19.5 × 12.8 in)

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