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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Studies for an Altarpiece with the Virgin Enthroned, Attended by Four Saints (recto); Various Figure Studies, Some Possibly for a Deposition of Christ (verso)

1530–35
Pen and brown ink, some brush and brown wash
20.2 × 29.8 cm (8 × 11.7 in)

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