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Luigi Vanvitelli

Transverse Section of the Small Theater in the Palace of Caserta with a View Towards the Royal Box

1700–1773
Pen and black-gray ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
51.4 × 37.9 cm (20.2 × 14.9 in)

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