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Giuseppe Nicola Nasini

Ceiling Design: Angels (recto); Sketches of Angels (verso)

n.d.
Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and brown wash, with black chalk (recto), and red chalk and pen and brown ink (verso), on ivory laid paper
41.3 × 48.1 cm (16.3 × 18.9 in)

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