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Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century

Design for a Ceiling

17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, green, blue and peach wash, over black chalk on cream paper
33.2 × 21.5 cm (13.1 × 8.5 in)

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