Prospero Fontana

An Allegory: Female Figure with a Compass, God the Father Seated on Clouds, and a Demon

1512–97
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
12.3 × 9.4 cm (4.8 × 3.7 in)

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