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Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto) Concentric Circles (verso)

c. 1535

Romanino

(Italian, 1484/87–1562)
Italy, 16th century
pen and brown ink, with point of brush and brown wash over black chalk (traces of red chalk and purple wash unrelated to composition)
Sheet: 16.3 x 24.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 23.6 x 31 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1963.87
Location: Not on view
  • [Kurt Meissner]
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