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Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Apotheosis of Hercules (recto); Sketches of Horse's Head, Horse's Forequarters, and Altarpiece or Ciborium (verso)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite (recto), and black chlalk with pen and ink (verso), on blue-gray laid paper
25.6 × 36.9 cm (10.1 × 14.5 in)

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