Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)

c. 1586

charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk; black chalk with pen and brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The inscription that identifies the artist in brown ink on this drawing is not a signature but rather an identification of the artist by a later hand, perhaps an owner of the drawing.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The inscription that identifies the artist in brown ink on this drawing is not a signature but rather an identification of the artist by a later hand, perhaps an owner of the drawing.

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