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Luigi Vanvitelli

Transverse Section of the Small Theater at the Palace of Caserta, with a View of a Stage Design

1700–1773
Pen and black-gray ink, brush and gray wash, over freehand underdrawing in graphite (figures) and traces of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
28.4 × 32.4 cm (11.2 × 12.8 in)

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