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Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Design for One Eighth of an Illusionistic Ceiling of a Dome

1700–1780
Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, over graphite, with ruled construction
24.8 × 24.9 cm (9.8 × 9.8 in)

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