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Giovanni Larciani

Design for a Ceiling in Pompeian Style

18th century
Pen and red ink, brush and yellow, green, blue, red, and gray watercolor, over lead or graphite, on cream laid paper
23.6 × 30.7 cm (9.3 × 12.1 in)

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