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Giovanni Larciani

Semi-Circular Design with Grotesques and a Central Medaillon containing a Landscape

18th century
Pen and gray ink, brush with gray, red green, pink and blue watercolor over traces of lead on cream laid paper. Framing outlines in pen and gray ink
14.3 × 30.6 cm (5.6 × 12 in)

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