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Pomarancio (Cristoforo Roncalli)|Jacob de Backer

Recto: Virgin and Child, and Saint John the Baptist; Verso: Summary sketches, possibly the Virgin and Child

ca. 1580–90
Brown and black oil with white heightening; verso: black chalk
29.5 × 23 cm (11.6 × 9.1 in)

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