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Giovanni Mauro della Rovere

Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

1575–1640
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper
39.4 × 7 cm (15.5 × 2.8 in)

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