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Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)
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Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)

Andrés de Melgar · ca. 1545–60 · Pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash; black chalk (verso)

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Credit lineFantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso). ca. 1545–60. Andrés de Melgar. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952. CC0.
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