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Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Design for a Rattle and Whistle (recto); Crude Sketches of an Equine Animal and a Figure in Exotic Costume (verso)

16th century
Pen and brown ink, with a plumbline in leadpoint; red chalk (unrelated sketches)
20.8 × 9.7 cm (8.2 × 3.8 in)

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