Baldassarre Franceschini

Design for a Catafalgue Used on the Occasion of the Canonization of Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Florence, 1669.

1669
Red chalk
26.7 × 40.2 cm (10.5 × 15.8 in)

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