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Federico Barocci

Cupid Drawing His Bow

c. 1560s
black chalk with pastel (stumped in places), heightened with white chalk, squared with black chalk; framing lines in graphite

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The grid of squares drawn over this figure was used by the artist or his workshop to transfer the composition to a larger format.

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