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Design for a Lunette Decoration: Coat of Arms Flanked by Seated Allegorical Figures (recto and verso)

1553–1626
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on (verso); squared in black chalk
17.7 × 27.3 cm (7 × 10.7 in)

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