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Francesco Francia

Adoration of the Christ Child, with Saints Joseph, Francis of Assisi, and Augustine, attended by Anton Galeazzo Bentivoglio and Alessandro Bentivoglio

c. 1820
Graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
22.4 × 19.8 cm (8.8 × 7.8 in)

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