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Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)
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Red chalk highlighted with white chalk on thick beige paper (recto); study for drapery in red chalk (verso)
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1969
Title: Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)
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Red chalk highlighted with white chalk on thick beige paper (recto); study for drapery in red chalk (verso).
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