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Winged Putto Holding the Base of a Cross

1477–1510
Red chalk, heightened with white, on blue-gray paper
17.9 × 14.8 cm (7 × 5.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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