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Anonymous, Italian, 17th or 18th century

Design for an Altar: Virgin and Child Flanked by Saints, Two Angels in the Left and Right Foreground

1600–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over lead or graphite, on cream laid paper. Framing lines in brown ink
21.6 × 15.5 cm (8.5 × 6.1 in)

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