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Francesco Primaticcio

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants

ca. 1539–42
Pen and brown ink, highlighted with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass construction; traces of squaring in black chalk
25.2 × 20.1 cm (9.9 × 7.9 in)

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