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Simone Cantarini

Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Sketches of River Gods (recto); Female Head, Looking Upwards (verso)

c. 1639
Pen and iron gall ink (recto), and red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper
25.5 × 19.7 cm (10 × 7.8 in)

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