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Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Candelabra Grotesque with a Naked Boy in a Strapwork Contraption

1540 after
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
24.6 × 11.2 cm (9.7 × 4.4 in)

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