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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Bacchus (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)

n.d.
Black chalk and graphite, heightened with touches of white chalk (recto) and black and red chalk (verso) on ivory laid paper prepared with a green wash
33.5 × 21.9 cm (13.2 × 8.6 in)

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