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Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)

1520
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in black chalk, on brownish paper. The empty triangular corners are tinted in gray-green wash, the right diagonal border tinted in gray wash
22.6 × 25.5 cm (8.9 × 10 in)

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