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Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century

Stage design: piazza with a building, an obelisk, and a monument. Building and monument with numbers referring to inscription below.

18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over lead, on cream laid paper
18.1 × 27.8 cm (7.1 × 10.9 in)

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