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Stefano della Bella

Sketches of Child Praying, Two Male Profiles (recto); Sketches of Male Heads (verso)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink and red chalk, on ivory laid paper
12.4 × 18.6 cm (4.9 × 7.3 in)

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