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Francesco Primaticcio

Sacrifice of a Bull

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
25.1 × 13.7 cm (9.9 × 5.4 in)

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