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Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli

Date: 1735/1765
Medium: Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor and gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper
Culture: Germany
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

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