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Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century

Sheet with Various Studies of Candelabra Grotesques, Foliage and a Cartouche

1500–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over leadpoint; several small unrelated studies in leadpoint
21.4 × 31.8 cm (8.4 × 12.5 in)

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