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Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Sheet with Drawings after Roman relief decorations from objects in the Collection of Cardinal Bruto della Valle. Recto: Friezes from Roman Sarcophagi with Dyonisus; Marble Funerary Relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and his wife Antistia Plutia

1534–1584
Pencil and ink on paper
27.7 × 49.3 cm (10.9 × 19.4 in)

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