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Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)|Michel Corneille the Younger

Studies for a Ceiling (recto and verso)

ca. 1660-1680
Pen and dark brown ink over traces of leadpoint (recto); pen and dark brown ink over leadpoint (verso)
28.8 × 44.1 cm (11.3 × 17.4 in)

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