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Giorgio Vasari

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

1511–74
Pen with medium and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over graphite. Traces of framing outlines in pen with brown and black ink
38.6 × 25 cm (15.2 × 9.8 in)

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