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Carlo Borrelli

Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame.

1776
Pen and black ink, brush with gray and black wash over some traces of leadpoint
38.4 × 29.4 cm (15.1 × 11.6 in)

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