Beheading of Two Male Saints
1696–1770
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk. Traces of red chalk at upper and lower right. Framing lines in black chalk, and pen and brown ink
50 × 36.8 cm (19.7 × 14.5 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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