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Giovanni Battista Foggini

Design for a Cup or Reliquary Composed of a Shell and S-Volute.

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite
28.3 × 14.7 cm (11.1 × 5.8 in)

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