Saint Catherine in Three-Quarter Length ca. 1507. Raphael. Charcoal, black chalk, highlighted with white gouache and white chalk, on four sheets of paper glued with overlapping seams (original paper support). Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris.
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