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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Canal Scene with a Palazzo

mid-18th century
Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray ink, heighetend with white gouache, on blue paper, incised for transfer; framing line in brush and black ink, by the artist; verso prepared for transfer with red chalk
22.4 × 35.9 cm (8.8 × 14.1 in)

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