Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn
1688–89
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on brown-washed paper
40 × 29.8 cm (15.7 × 11.7 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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