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Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Design for a Ceiling with an Oval Trompe L'Oeil Painting

17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and watercolor, over traces of graphite underdrawing and ruled construction
19.8 × 10 cm (7.8 × 3.9 in)

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