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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Family of Darius before Alexander; Prisoners before a Senator

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper
16.7 × 38.3 cm (6.6 × 15.1 in)

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