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Giorgio Vasari

Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)

1550–70
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over an underdrawing done with traces of black chalk, ruling, and compass-work in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)
42.1 × 25.3 cm (16.6 × 10 in)

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