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Count Giorgio Durante

A Dead Bird (Quail?) Seen from Below

1685–1755
Brush with gray, brown, and light orange-brown wash over traces of graphite
23.1 × 14.2 cm (9.1 × 5.6 in)

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

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