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Pirro Ligorio

A Domestic Scene

1513–83
Black chalk point of brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on red prepared paper
25 × 37.8 cm (9.8 × 14.9 in)

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

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