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Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century

Study of Anatomy (A Youth Drawing an Ecorché of a Standing Man)

1550–1600
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over traces of black chalk or leadpoint
36.5 × 25.4 cm (14.4 × 10 in)

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