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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Female Statue

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over some traces of leadpoint
28.3 × 21.2 cm (11.1 × 8.3 in)

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