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Perino del Vaga, or circle of Italian, 1501-1547

Ceiling Decoration with Grotesques

1530/39
Pen and brown ink, with traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, edge mounted to ivory laid paper
26.4 × 27.2 cm (10.4 × 10.7 in)

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