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Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child

1484–1539
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper, squared vertically and horizontally in red chalk, diagonally in charcoal
36.2 × 24.8 cm (14.3 × 9.8 in)

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