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Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Design for a Ceiling Decoration: A Gathering of Mythological Figures (recto); Dancing Satyr and Two Seated Figures (verso)

1652–1726
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); faint red chalk design (verso)
36 × 29.7 cm (14.2 × 11.7 in)

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