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Anonymous, Central-Italian, 16th century

Design for the Base of a Candle Stick with a Seated Female(?) Figure

1500–1550
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint
19.4 × 18.9 cm (7.6 × 7.4 in)

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