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Lorenzo de' Ferrari

Ceiling Design with the Glorification of the Name of Jesus (recto); Aurora and Cephalus (verso)

1680–1744
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, on blue-gray paper (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk (verso)
38.8 × 26.3 cm (15.3 × 10.4 in)

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