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Luigi Vanvitelli

Longitudinal Section of a Ballroom Decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria

1700–1773
Pen and black-gray ink, brush and gray wash over traces of freehand underdrawing in graphite (figures), compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
29.8 × 49.1 cm (11.7 × 19.3 in)

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