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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation of a Catafalque, surmounted by a royal Crown

1696–1756
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and yellowish washes on statue
51.4 × 36.4 cm (20.2 × 14.3 in)

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