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Johann Christian Klengel

Partial View of the Colosseum; verso: Sketch of the Temple of Minerva Medicea

late 18th–early 19th century
Brush and gray ink, over black chalk; verso: graphite, blue wash
26 × 36.9 cm (10.2 × 14.5 in)

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