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Jacopo Palma the Younger

Figure Studies: Seated Female Holding a Book, Two Heads of Bearded Men, Seated Male Nude, and Four Sketches for Christ Judging (recto); Studies for Cain Slaying Abel (verso)

1548–1628
Pen and brown ink
26.3 × 18.8 cm (10.4 × 7.4 in)

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