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Manuel Alegre|José Gómez Navia|Calcografía Real, Madrid

View of the cloister of the Church of the monastery of El Escorial, from a series of Views of El Escorial

ca. 1790–1800
Etching and engraving
36.2 × 29.2 cm (14.3 × 11.5 in)

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