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            "inscription": "signed, lower left, in brown ink: [artist's monogram: LC] RVYL del: Romæ / mense Dec: 1664. ; by artist, upper center, in brown ink: Prospetto della Chiesa de S. Maria Maggiore. ; by artist, throughout composition, in brown ink: [the letters A-M] ; by artist, lower left, in brown ink: A Cupula et Sacellum in honorem Deiparæ a Paulo V ornatissimè a Fundamentis constructium. / B Cupula cum substructo Sacello elegantissimo a Xysto V. extructa. . D. Turris Eccliæ, sive / Basilicæ S. Mariæ Maioris. E Columna marmorea ex antiqui Pacis Templi Ruinis ab / eodem Paulo V huc transportata, es in B. V. Mariæ honorem erecta. F Obelistus a / Xÿsto V. erectus. G. Monasterium S. Antonij. H. Palatia et hosti amplissimi ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] ; VERSO, upper left, in brown ink: [illegible]5 ; ON STRIPS OF PAPER MOUNTED TO VERSO, lower center, in graphite: A. 20973 ; lower right, in graphite: E .5"
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