Giovanni Battista Natali III

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Plan (verso)

1698–1765
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
13.5 × 10.2 cm (5.3 × 4 in)

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