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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Study after Bernini's Angel sculpture at Ponte Sant'Angelo (recto); Copy of Africa Group (verso)

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Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper
37.8 × 22.8 cm (14.9 × 9 in)

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