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Luca Penni

Christ in Limbo

ca. 1547–48
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with brush and white gouache, on paper prepared with pale brown wash; outlines incised for transfer
36.8 × 27 cm (14.5 × 10.6 in)

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