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Pirro Ligorio

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

ca. 1540
Red chalk on beige paper (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
24.5 × 26.5 cm (9.6 × 10.4 in)

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