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Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Erminia and the Shepherds (a scene from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata)

1650–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk on light tan paper
22.7 × 22.7 cm (8.9 × 8.9 in)

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