Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy — Mauro Gandolfi | DiscoverArt

Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

ca. 1798

Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

20.3 × 20.2 cm (8 × 8 in)

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