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Giovanni Lanfranco

The Consecration of the Site of a Church in Rome by a Pope ("The Miracle of Saint Mary of the Snows"?)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, some black chalk, and ruled construction; patches of paper with corrections pasted by the artist
24.4 × 15.7 cm (9.6 × 6.2 in)

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