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Luigi Vanvitelli

Ceiling of 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 graphite (figures) and of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
33.5 × 45.8 cm (13.2 × 18 in)

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