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Francesco Salviati

Seated Nude Youth, facing left (recto); Bearded Nude Male Figure in a Half-Kneeling Pose, Holding a Drapery Behind his Back (verso).

1526–27
Pen and (iron gall) brown ink (recto and verso)
41.9 × 26.1 cm (16.5 × 10.3 in)

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