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Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

1500–50
Brush, yellow, orange, brown, gray and white gouache over traces of black chalk
22.5 × 39 cm (8.9 × 15.4 in)

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