Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso)

1675–1741
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red and black chalk; traces of white chalk at upper right edge (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso)
28.7 × 37.3 cm (11.3 × 14.7 in)

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