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Circle of Giovanni Guerra

Design for Emblematic Frontispiece: "Natura Ars Emula Vincit"

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, with traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on card; verso on mount: in pen and black ink (in later hand), elevation of a column
28.5 × 18.7 cm (11.2 × 7.4 in)

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