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Unknown Bolognese

Design for an Altar

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
49.5 × 33.8 cm (19.5 × 13.3 in)

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