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Andrea Boscoli

Scenes from Ancient History, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

1560–1608
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk. Framing lines in black chalk
11.9 × 33.3 cm (4.7 × 13.1 in)

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