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Luca Giordano

Allegorical Figures Holding the Papal Insignia, study after the Allegory of Divine Providence in Palazzo Barberini in Rome

c. 1650
Red chalk, with stumping, on cream laid paper, prepared with a red chalk wash
28.1 × 41.3 cm (11.1 × 16.3 in)

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