Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Saint Roch Recommending a Woman with a Sick Child to the Virgin (recto); Figure of a Man Holding a Book; Nude Figure of a Man (verso)

16th century
Pen and brown ink on cream-colored paper (recto). Traces of framing outlines in the form of an arch in pen and brown ink apparently by artist. Top has been trimmed to form an arch (recto); nude studies, one in red chalk and one in black chalk (verso)
30.6 × 21.5 cm (12 × 8.5 in)

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