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Annibale Carracci

Triton Sounding a Conch Shell

ca. 1597–1602
Charcoal or soft black chalk on blue-gray paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and black ink and black chalk
38.8 × 24.3 cm (15.3 × 9.6 in)

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