Study for a Massacre of the Innocents — Domenico Cresti Passignano | DiscoverArt

Domenico Cresti Passignano

Study for a Massacre of the Innocents

1560–1636

Black chalk, pen and bistre with gray-brown washes

18.7 × 12.7 cm (7.4 × 5 in)

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