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Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla|Claudio Duchetti

The firework display called 'Girandola' at the Castello Sant'Angelo in Rome, a nocturnal scene with fireworks issuing from the castle and a crowd of spectators in the foreground

1579
Etching and engraving
53.3 × 40.5 cm (21 × 15.9 in)

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