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Baldassarre Franceschini

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)

1642
Red chalk, brush and red wash, on beige paper (recto); faint red chalk sketches for the same group (verso)
25.7 × 26.3 cm (10.1 × 10.4 in)

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