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Alessandro Allori

Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops

1535–1607
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with a little white, over black chalk, on brownish paper. Framing lines in black chalk
16.1 × 39.3 cm (6.3 × 15.5 in)

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