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Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Antique-Style Ornamental Oblong Design: Grotesque Figures, Masks, and Amphorae

early 16th century
Pen and two colors of brown ink, over traces of leadpoint underdrawing, on buff laid paper
35 × 14.2 cm (13.8 × 5.6 in)

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