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Unknown Bolognese

Baptism of Christ

c. 1560
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, partially oxidized, over black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
32 × 21.2 cm (12.6 × 8.3 in)

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