A Frieze Portraying a Music Party — Niccolò dell' Abate | DiscoverArt

Niccolò dell' Abate

A Frieze Portraying a Music Party

1512–71

Red chalk

17.1 × 26.7 cm (6.7 × 10.5 in)

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