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- ↑ Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
- ↑ Victor Deupi (5 March 2015). Architectural Temperance: Spain and Rome, 1700-1759. Routledge. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-317-64249-7.
- ↑ Carole Paul (5 July 2017). The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand Tour. Taylor & Francis. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-1-351-54592-1.
- ↑ "Francisco Preciado de la Vega | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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