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Cesare Nebbia

The Assumption of the Virgin

1536–1614
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; squared in red and black chalk
25 × 14.6 cm (9.8 × 5.7 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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