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Pomponio Amalteo

Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Stringed Instruments

1505–88
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over red chalk, on blue paper
5.8 × 7.1 cm (2.3 × 2.8 in)

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