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Pier Francesco Mola

Caricature of a Seated Man Reading

1612–66
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
24.6 × 18.7 cm (9.7 × 7.4 in)

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

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