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Giulio Romano

Menelaus Holding the Body of Patroclus

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on card
35.8 × 55.5 cm (14.1 × 21.9 in)

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