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Statue of Augustus Caesar (recto and verso)

n.d. (recto); Late 16th c. (verso)
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto) and pen and blue ink (verso), on ivory laid paper, with incising
11.7 × 4.9 cm (4.6 × 1.9 in)

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