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Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)
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Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over black chalk or charcoal scribbles in a darker brown ink at upper right (recto); pen and brown ink brush and brown wash (verso)
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1962
Title: Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over black chalk or charcoal scribbles in a darker brown ink at upper right (recto); pen and brown ink brush and brown wash (verso).
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