Paolo Pagani

Studies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure with Left Arm Upraised, a Leg, and Putti with Foliage (verso)

1700–1710
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (the three struggling figures) (recto); pen and purple ink, brush and purple wash (the two figures at lower right) (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso)
41.8 × 29.4 cm (16.5 × 11.6 in)

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