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Carlo Maratti

Seated Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, a book rests under the Virgin's proper left hand, the Christ Child reaches toward Saint John, a wall and curtain dividing the figures from landscape beyond

1647
Etching
17.3 × 12.9 cm (6.8 × 5.1 in)

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