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Francesco Galli Bibiena

Design for a Stage Set: Interior of a Ballroom or Theater with Torqued Columns and Large Volutes Above.

1676–1736
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of graphite
21.9 × 18.9 cm (8.6 × 7.4 in)

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