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Vincenzo Brenna

Catafalque for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Front Elevation).

1796
Pen and gray-black ink, brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite of leadpoint
71.7 × 59.4 cm (28.2 × 23.4 in)

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