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Francesco Galli Bibiena

Design for Stage Set with Double Storey of Torqued Columns and Balustrades.

1659–1739
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of graphite
25.8 × 19.4 cm (10.2 × 7.6 in)

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