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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Two Men Holding Long Staffs (recto); Proof impression of part of an etching, and scribbles in the artist's hand (verso)

1720–78
Pen and brown ink
16.6 × 21.3 cm (6.5 × 8.4 in)

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