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Andrés de Melgar

Various Designs of Strapwork and Grotesque Figures (recto); Grotesques with Term Figures (verso)

ca. 1545–60
Pen and dark brown ink (recto). On off-white paper. Pen and gray-brown ink (verso)
33.7 × 22.2 cm (13.3 × 8.7 in)

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