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Luca Giordano

Sketch of Spandrel Decoration with Allegorical Seated Female Figure and Putti

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Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, with touches of black crayon, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
44 × 29.8 cm (17.3 × 11.7 in)

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