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Andrea Sacchi

Two Warriors, One Standing, The Other Clinging to a Tree

1599–1661
Red chalk, reworked with pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on light-brown paper. The verso has been rubbed entirely with red chalk, possibly for transfer, although there are no stylus indentations
23.7 × 15.1 cm (9.3 × 5.9 in)

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