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Guido Reni|John Boydell|William Sharp|George Farington

The doctors of the church consulting books and documents and contemplating the Virgin who is shown above in heaven, flanked by angels, after Reni

1785
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58.4 × 39.3 cm (23 × 15.5 in)

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