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Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Armor Design for a Horse

17th century (first half)
Brown ink and a light brown wash, pasted onto two sheets of paper, one of support and one as a mount, placed in a modern scrapbook
22 × 25.5 cm (8.7 × 10 in)

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