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Francesco Primaticcio

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

1541/45
Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper
21.9 × 15.2 cm (8.6 × 6 in)

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