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Giorgio Vasari

Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)

1569/73
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, squared in graphite and red chalk (recto and verso)
36.3 × 23.7 cm (14.3 × 9.3 in)

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