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Agostino Tassi

Shepherd Carving an Inscription on Tree Trunk with Figures and Sheep in Background

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on blue laid paper (faded to brown), laid down on ivory laid paper
27.5 × 25.8 cm (10.8 × 10.2 in)

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