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Giovanni Alberti

Project for a Rectangular Ceiling with Papal Coat of Arms (recto); Design for a Courtyard (verso)

1558–1601
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, ruling and compass work, over traces of black chalk
38.9 × 53.2 cm (15.3 × 20.9 in)

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