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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by Squat Obelisk, Decorated with Statues of Putti and Female Figures

1696–1756
Pen, brown ink and gray wash
50.8 × 36 cm (20 × 14.2 in)

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