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Bartolomé Estéban Murillo

Female Saint Holding Skull

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove board
18.8 × 14.5 cm (7.4 × 5.7 in)

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