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Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded old man pointing at a book and diagram beside a nude man near a tree.

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This pen and brown ink drawing shows a bearded older man in a cap, pointing with a rod toward an open book and a circular diagram on the ground, beside a nude male figure leaning against him. A large tree fills the right background, and the scene is rendered in loose wash and hatching.

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1640

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