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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Duchess of Hanover, probably Sophia (1630-1714) the mother of George I of England

1696–1756
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash
52.1 × 36.2 cm (20.5 × 14.3 in)

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