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The Holy Family in an interior; study for a print, a room with a canopied hearth at left foreground and a tall window behind, a cat in front, the Virgin seated on the ground suckling the Child, Joseph behind, an open basket and wicker cradle at centre, a chair, and a wicker bed propped against a chest at right.
Pen and brown ink with black chalk, touched with red and yellow ochre chalks, with grey and brown wash, heightened with white; the outlines indented for transfer.
Verso: Laid down on card.
No watermark visible.
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