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Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss

Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso)

1750–1815
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over red chalk and traces of lead? on cream paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
21.6 × 34.4 cm (8.5 × 13.5 in)

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