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Giulio Romano

Birth of Adonis

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
17 × 24.1 cm (6.7 × 9.5 in)

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