Design for a Flask with Chain Handles — Giulio Romano | DiscoverArt

Design for a Flask with Chain Handles

1540–46

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk

27.7 × 22.3 cm (10.9 × 8.8 in)

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