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Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, German, 17th century

Venus Discovering the Death of Adonis

17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white bodycolour, over a sketch in black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
12.4 × 19 cm (4.9 × 7.5 in)

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