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Johann Georg Christoph Fries|Angelo Quaglio

Costume Study for Bassa Selim in the "Abduction from the Seraglio" by W.A. Mozart

ca. 1830–50
Watercolor, over graphite, gum arabic
28.5 × 20 cm (11.2 × 7.9 in)

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