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Leonardo Alenza y Nieto

They Strut About Elegantly ("Lindamente se pavonean")

1807–45
Pen and dark brown ink with brush over traces of black graphite underdrawing (in one of the faces at the bottom) on off-white paper
18.7 × 13.5 cm (7.4 × 5.3 in)

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