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Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Venetian Capriccio: Landscape with a Farm Building, Sarcophagus, and Fountain (recto); Monument (verso)

n.d.
Pen and light brown ink, brush and gray wash (recto); soft black chalk, or graphite, or leadpoint (verso).
16.9 × 24 cm (6.7 × 9.4 in)

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