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Giovanni Battista Naldini

Samson Slaying the Philistine, after Michelangelo (recto); Figure of Fury, after Rosso Fiorentino (verso)

1537–91
Red chalk on paper (recto); black chalk on paper (verso)
33.4 × 23.2 cm (13.1 × 9.1 in)

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