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Nicolas Brouwer

The Murder of Thomas Becket, page one, from a Book of Hours

1430/40
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, and pen and black ink, on parchment
23.7 × 15.6 cm (9.3 × 6.1 in)

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