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Lodovico Carracci

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1611/12
Pen and brown ink, with white heightening, on ivory laid paper prepared with rust-brown wash, partially incised for transfer
27.6 × 27.4 cm (10.9 × 10.8 in)

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