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Prospero Fontana

The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper
16.8 × 12.8 cm (6.6 × 5 in)

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