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Cesare Nebbia

An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

1580–90
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink
21.5 × 28.7 cm (8.5 × 11.3 in)

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