Two parables: the Blind leading the Blind; the Mote and the Beam by Leopoldo Maccari

An image of Title/s: Drawing reduced from tracings taken from the inlaid marble pavement of Siena Cathedral during its restoration in the nineteenth century
Title/s: Two parables: the Blind leading the Blind; the Mote and the Beam
Maker/s: Maccari, Leopoldo (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1850-1894?]
Technique Description: pen and black ink over graphite on lightly squared paper
Dimensions: height: 335 mm, width: 429 mm

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Title/s: Drawing reduced from tracings taken from the inlaid marble pavement of Siena Cathedral during its restoration in the nineteenth century Title/s: Two parables: the Blind leading the Blind; the Mote and the Beam Maker/s: Maccari, Leopoldo (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1850-1894?] Technique Description: pen and black ink over graphite on lightly squared paper Dimensions: height: 335 mm, width: 429 mm

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