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Italian Late 16th Century

Kneeling Cloud-borne Female Figure (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

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Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
12.6 × 7.1 cm (5 × 2.8 in)

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