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Pietro Tacca|Pietro Antonio Novelli

Chained Nude Prisoner, after Pietro Tacca

1729–1804
Pen and black ink, brush with brown, gray, and black wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on violet prepared paper faded to light pink
27.2 × 15.5 cm (10.7 × 6.1 in)

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