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Joseph Wright

Two Demons and Two Legs, probably after Michelangelo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 16 recto)

1774–75
Pen and brown ink, brush and yellow wash, over graphite
23.4 × 17.1 cm (9.2 × 6.7 in)

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