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Ottmar Elliger the Younger

The Parable of the Mote and the Beam (Matthew 7:3)

1700 or before
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over red chalk; incised for transfer; framing line in pen and brown ink
13 × 20 cm (5.1 × 7.9 in)

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