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Annibale Carracci

Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)

1560–1609
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or charcoal, scribbles in a darker brown ink at upper right (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (verso)
12.8 × 24 cm (5 × 9.4 in)

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