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Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man in profile cutting a quill nib, with a bird beside him and an inkwell on a table.

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Saint Mark cutting his nib for written the Gospel

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Guercino · Italian, 1591-1666

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Saint Mark cutting his nib for written the Gospel, Guercino, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This pen and brown ink drawing with wash shows a bearded man in profile, leaning forward and cutting the tip of a long feather quill with a knife. A bird, likely a goose or swan, stands before him, and an inkwell sits on the table at right beside a drapery-like background.

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Religion