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Niccolò dell' Abate

The Cumaean Sibyl before Tarquin the Proud

16th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, on traces of leadpoint or black chalk, on light brown paper
21.9 × 15.4 cm (8.6 × 6.1 in)

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