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Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century

Group of Standing Female Saints (the Holy Virgins)

1500–1700
Pen and brown ink outlines, over red chalk underdrawing, and rendering of shadows in soft grayish black chalk, on light brown paper; framing outlines in pen and dark brown ink
21.1 × 20.5 cm (8.3 × 8.1 in)

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