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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Elevation of a Catafalque, Three Obelisks with Fluer-de-lys and Candles, Dated on Plaque at Bottom 1733.

1733
Pen and brown ink
40 × 28.6 cm (15.7 × 11.3 in)

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