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Battista Franco

Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand, and a Seated Child with a Squirrel

1510–61
Pen and brown ink.
21.9 × 30 cm (8.6 × 11.8 in)

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