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How stucco is restored
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Egid Quirin Asam: detail of Baroque stuccowork
Detail of Baroque stuccowork by Egid Quirin Asam, c. 1721, in the abbey church of...
A.F. Kersting
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Detail of stucco decoration in a vaulted chamber of a subterranean basilica near...
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