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Leonard Thiry|Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century

Design for One Half of an Ornamental Border

ca. 1540–60
Pen and brown ink, brush and lavender and brown wash, over black chalk
16.2 × 11.2 cm (6.4 × 4.4 in)

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