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Perino del Vaga

Study for Perseus Liberating Andromeda

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
20.9 × 35 cm (8.2 × 13.8 in)

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