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Perino del Vaga

Seated Triton

1545–47
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; outlines partly incised
21.9 × 10.8 cm (8.6 × 4.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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