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Giacinto Brandi

Study for a Ceiling Decoration: Coronation of the Virgin (recto); Female Head (verso)

1680
Red chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, on brownish paper (recto); red chalk study of a female head (verso)
45.9 × 37.2 cm (18.1 × 14.6 in)

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