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Michelangelo Colonna

Right and Part of the Left Half of a Design for a Cartouche

1604–87
Pen and ink, over faint traces of black chalk
25.3 × 21.2 cm (10 × 8.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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