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Giovanni Battista Naldini

Kneeling Male Figure with Outstretched Arms (recto); Semi-Nude Seated Male Figure seen from Behind (verso)

1537–91
Red chalk (recto and verso)
29.9 × 18.6 cm (11.8 × 7.3 in)

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