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Giovanni Battista Foggini

Table or Basin Supported by Male Sirens (recto); Sketch for the Same Subject (verso) .

1652–1725
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk (recto); Pen and light brown ink, over traces of black chalk (verso)
8.4 × 10.2 cm (3.3 × 4 in)

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