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Guercino

Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew"

1635/36
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, edge mounted under blue wove paper
29.7 × 20.4 cm (11.7 × 8 in)

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