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Jan Erasmus Quellinus

The Distribution of the Franciscan Cords

1667
Brush and black ink, gray wash, white, blue, and pink gouache, touches of red ink, over traces of black chalk, on brown paper. Traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink on three sides.
28 × 18.4 cm (11 × 7.2 in)

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