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The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)
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Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt Mrs. Francis Ormond Bessie Potter Vonnoh William Benton Donald Silve William M. Ivins Jr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and other gifts bequests and funds by exchange 1997
Title: The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso).
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