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Pietro Testa

A Seated Female Figure Surrounded by Nude Infants

1612–50
Pen and brown ink, some black ink, brush and gray wash, on brownish paper
18.5 × 25.7 cm (7.3 × 10.1 in)

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

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