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Giovanni Battista Paggi

David with Goliath's Head and Sword

1587
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
25.9 × 17.5 cm (10.2 × 6.9 in)

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