Painted Wall Decoration, Mauro Gandolfi, Italian, 1764–1834, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, squared in graphite and lined, A herme with a woman's bust supporting the entablature, rises from a dado in front of the wall. A sanke surround the lower parts. Niches are laterally placed. A sacrificing priestess is shown in the left one, a child holds the incense boy--two dancing puttis holding wreaths and garlands dragging from a candelabrum are shown in the right niche., Bologna, Italy, 1800–1830, interiors, Drawing

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