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Illusionistic Ceiling Decoration by Agostino Mitelli — VisualArtsDB

Illusionistic Ceiling Decoration

Illusionistic Ceiling Decoration

Agostino Mitelli

1629–1660

Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 15 × 19.1 cm (5 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Genre: ink or chalk wash
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteinkwashink or chalk washprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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