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Old Woman with Cane in Door, with Black Maid Holding Child, and Other Figures

c. 1580
Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on cream laid paper prepared with salmon wash, laid down on ivory laid card
17.5 × 14.3 cm (6.9 × 5.6 in)

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