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Cherubino Alberti

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back

1596–1602
Red chalk, with some contours reinforced in pen and brown ink. Upper right corner replaced
19.8 × 13.3 cm (7.8 × 5.2 in)

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