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Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder

The Birth of the Virgin

1722
Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in ochre and two shades of blue-gray, on ivory laid paper
17.2 × 11.4 cm (6.8 × 4.5 in)

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