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Head of a Bearded Man, Looking Up to Right: Study for Saint Catherine of Alexandria Disputing with the Pagan Priests

c. 1603
Red and black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
16.5 × 13 cm (6.5 × 5.1 in)

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