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Josef Platzer

Design for a Stage set Showing the Interior of a Palace (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

mid-18th–early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush with gray wash, touches of mauve, yellow-beige wash over black chalk. Inlayed on paper mount.
30.5 × 38.8 cm (12 × 15.3 in)

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