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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Sketches for an Altar with Saint Margaret of Cortona, Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch (recto); Two Sketches for an Altar (verso)

1728/1754
Pen and brown ink, with traces of black chalk and graphite (recto), and pen and brown ink with touches of black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
27.8 × 19.2 cm (10.9 × 7.6 in)

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