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Giovanni Larciani

Silhouetted Study of Bacchus in a Niche

18th century
Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and pale brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream paper. Figure cut out along contours and pasted onto a drawn niche with an arched top (in brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead) on beige paper
25.9 × 15 cm (10.2 × 5.9 in)

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