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Lazzaro Tavarone

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

1590/1614
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and partially laid down on cream laid paper
29.5 × 36.9 cm (11.6 × 14.5 in)

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