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Circle of Giorgio Vasari

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

c. 1571
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
20.8 × 13 cm (8.2 × 5.1 in)

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