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Paolo De Matteis

Studies of a Reclined Woman on a Seashell, for the Triumph of Galatea (recto and verso)

ca. 1692
Brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
26.7 × 19.8 cm (10.5 × 7.8 in)

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