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Pentimenti can be seen (left of centre) where several heads have been painted out. On the reverse there is a drawing of a female figure with a shield, a face and various scribbles (drawn onto the unprimed wood).
In the collection of the Marchese Ippolito Orlandini, Florence; Lombardi-Baldi collection, Florence, by 1845; from where bought, 1857.
Davies 1961, pp. 97-8
Lightbown 1978, II, pp. 20-1
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