Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations — Carlo Maratti | DiscoverArt

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

1700–8

Pen and brown ink, over black and red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on light brown paper

30.2 × 21.1 cm (11.9 × 8.3 in)

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