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Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century

Two Sleeping Figures

17th century
Left figure in pen and brown ink over red chalk; right figure in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, charcoal / black chalk?; faint black chalk sketches in background
20.5 × 26.1 cm (8.1 × 10.3 in)

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