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Giorgio Ghisi

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Descent from the Cross; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated

by 1575
Engraving
7.2 × 5.4 cm (2.8 × 2.1 in)

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