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Lazzaro Tavarone

Allegorical Female Figure Holding a Branch and a Dish

1556–1641
Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on blue paper. Faintly squared in black chalk
12.2 × 9.1 cm (4.8 × 3.6 in)

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