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Lorenzo de' Ferrari

Design for a Ceiling Decoration (recto); Daphne Pursued by Apollo (verso)

1680–1744
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
31.5 × 21.8 cm (12.4 × 8.6 in)

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