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Francesco Galli Bibiena

Designs for the Theater at Nancy: View of Half the Proscenium and a Half a Section of It; End of the Ceiling; and Ground Plan

1659–1739
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
41.8 × 52.4 cm (16.5 × 20.6 in)

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