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Mauro Antonio Tesi

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

mid-18th century
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
19.2 × 30.5 cm (7.6 × 12 in)

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