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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso)

1642–43
Red chalk, the background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)
36.4 × 24.5 cm (14.3 × 9.6 in)

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