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Count Giorgio Durante

Bird, Perhaps an Egret, Seen in Profile with One Wing Lifted

1685–1755
Brush with yellow, gray, black, and brown wash over graphite
18.3 × 13.5 cm (7.2 × 5.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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