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Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century

The Toilet of Venus

Pen and black ink, brush and brown and blue wash, heightened with white, framing lines in pen and brown ink
40.8 × 21.1 cm (16.1 × 8.3 in)

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