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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pastoral Scene: Nomads with Sheep and Cattle

1609–64
Brush, brown, red-brown, blue, and white paint, on brownish paper
25.6 × 36.2 cm (10.1 × 14.3 in)

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