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Canaletto

A Bridge Near a Church in Venice

c. 1720
Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, (black chalk and pen and brown ink sketch on verso), perimeter mounted on cream card
14.1 × 19.3 cm (5.6 × 7.6 in)

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