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Galeazzo Alessi

Design for an Polygonal Tabernacle, with Obelisks and a Pediment Surmounted by Three Figures Supporting a Tempietto-like Structure

1512–72
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over preliminary constructions in black chalk or graphite
38.9 × 26.9 cm (15.3 × 10.6 in)

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