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Gaetano Gandolfi

A Martyr Saint Reading

1734–1802
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash
25.7 × 18.4 cm (10.1 × 7.2 in)

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

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