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Jacques de Gheyn II

Study of Eleven Heads

late 16th–early 17th century
Pen and three shades of brown ink with black chalk on laid paper; framing lines in brown ink and graphite
31.8 × 23.3 cm (12.5 × 9.2 in)

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