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Vittorio Maria Bigari

Design for a Quarter of a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling with Architecture in the Ionic Order and a Statue of Victory

ca. 1710–40
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite
21.3 × 22.5 cm (8.4 × 8.9 in)

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