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Agostino Carracci

Four Sketches: Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg

1590/94
Pen and brown ink, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
19.6 × 27.1 cm (7.7 × 10.7 in)

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