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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Framed Design for an Altar

ca. 1710–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over traces of leadpoint, on cream laid paper. A vertical line in leadpoint trough the center to create the symmetry of the design
33.6 × 22.2 cm (13.2 × 8.7 in)

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