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Gaspare Diziani

The Virgin Entrusting the Christ Child to Saint Francis of Assisi

1689–1767
Two sheets of paper joined horizontally above center: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red chalk and lead or graphite (bottom sheet); brush and gray wash, over red chalk (top sheet)
28.8 × 19.2 cm (11.3 × 7.6 in)

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