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Michelangelo Colonna

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus.

17th century
Pen and black ink, brush with pink, yellow, blue and gray wash, over traces of graphite
14 × 19.1 cm (5.5 × 7.5 in)

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