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Marcantonio Franceschini

Allegorical Figure of Charity

1688–89
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on brown washed paper
40.2 × 29.8 cm (15.8 × 11.7 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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