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Baldassarre Franceschini

Design for a Catafalque (recto); Female Saint Kneeling on Clouds under an Arch, and a Design for the Pinnacle of the Catafalque (verso)

ca. 1669
Red chalk
37.2 × 25.9 cm (14.6 × 10.2 in)

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