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Felice Giani

Design for the Decoration of a Wall and Ceiling of a 'Gabinetto' related to Virgil's Fourth Canto

1758–1823
Pen and brown ink, brush and pink, yellow, orange and blue-green wash, over traces of leadpoint
29.7 × 20.5 cm (11.7 × 8.1 in)

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