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Giovanni Larciani

Design for a Freestanding Altar dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin

ca. 1670–1740
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite or black chalk; two centering marks in graphite or black chalk (a ruled centered vertical line and a ruled centered horizontal line); a scale in pen and brown ink that is unnumbered at the bottom of composition
46 × 27.6 cm (18.1 × 10.9 in)

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