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Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Design for a Frame with Two Compartments and a Crowned Lion

17th century
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite (or black chalk) underdrawing
15.8 × 17.5 cm (6.2 × 6.9 in)

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