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Giorgio Vasari

Study for Ceres

c. 1556
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
15.4 × 18.9 cm (6.1 × 7.4 in)

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