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The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

ca. 1520–30
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk; original borderlines at left and right edges.
21.1 × 23.8 cm (8.3 × 9.4 in)

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

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