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Hendrick Goltzius

The Sense of Hearing; verso: light sketch of a woman's head and an arm

late 16th–early 17th century
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, stumped; traces of brown and yellow chalks
31.4 × 20.4 cm (12.4 × 8 in)

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