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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Design for a Stage Set: Longitudinal Section and Plan of amphitheater and Stage

1696–1756
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash
59.7 × 80.6 cm (23.5 × 31.7 in)

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