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Giorgio Vasari

Design for the Ceiling Decoration in Vasari's House in Arezzo

1511–74
Pen and brown ink, brush and rose-brown wash, over black chalk, and compass and ruled construction
34.3 × 24.1 cm (13.5 × 9.5 in)

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