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Andrea Lilio

Allegory of Painting

c. 1600
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, squared in red chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper and blue laid paper
25.5 × 9.3 cm (10 × 3.7 in)

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