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Anonymous, Austrian, 17th century|Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Cartoon for the embroidery of an orphrey bearing Medici arms combined with Arms of the House of Austria

ca. 1608
Pen and brown ink on thin paper [from a vellum-bound album of the early XVIII century]
138.4 × 28.6 cm (54.5 × 11.3 in)

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