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Art of the Lithograph: Italian Church Ruin, Plate XVII

Alois Senefelder

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a book with a lithograph illustration. The illustration depicts a ruined church with crumbling walls and archways. The church ruin is in the center, with mountains in the background and a cloudy sky above. To the right, there is a distant building with columns. The illustration is in shades of gray and brown. The page has a white border around the illustration. At the top of the page, the Roman numeral "XVII" is printed. At the bottom of the page, the text "Dessin à plusieurs planches" is written. The book page is old and worn, with visible signs of aging. The background behind the book is gray.

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