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Pietro da Cortona

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner.

17th century
Pen and black ink, brush and black wash over traces of black chalk, highlighted with white and blue-gray gouache, on light brown paper
24.5 × 18.6 cm (9.6 × 7.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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