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Anonymous, Italian, 19th century

Design for an Altar with a Statue of the Virgin and Child.

ca. 1831
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite with some ruled and compass construction
35.8 × 17.3 cm (14.1 × 6.8 in)

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