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Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci · 1496

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Leonardo da Vinci
Date
1496
Medium
Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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