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Agostino Mitelli

Illusionistic Ceiling Decoration

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
15 × 19.1 cm (5.9 × 7.5 in)

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