Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another within a Circle — Gaetano Piccini | DiscoverArt

Gaetano Piccini

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another within a Circle

1727

Pen and brown ink

32.7 × 21.6 cm (12.9 × 8.5 in)

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