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Jean Cousin the Elder

Amya Petitioning Faustus for the Custody of Saint Mamas

ca. 1543
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, with white gouache, over black chalk
23.5 × 32 cm (9.3 × 12.6 in)

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