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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Mourners Over the Dead Christ

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
17.6 × 25.7 cm (6.9 × 10.1 in)

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