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Carlo Maratti

Study for Nude Male Figures Supporting a Frame and Plan of the Ceiling Decoration of Palazzo Altieri, Rome

1625–1713
Pen and brown ink, some brush and brown wash, over black chalk
18.9 × 25.7 cm (7.4 × 10.1 in)

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