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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

Design for a Frontispiece with the Medici Arms

16th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, heightened with white, incised for transfer; with collage
19.1 × 29.5 cm (7.5 × 11.6 in)

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