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Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli

Foreshortened View of a Ceiling Corner Decorated with Columns, Urns and Putti Handing Garlands

1609–60
Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint
20.5 × 28.5 cm (8.1 × 11.2 in)

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