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File:Michelangelo by Giulio Bonasone.jpg

Summary

Description Giulio Bonasone: Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti at 72 (1546).
Date 1546
Source Copperplate print, 23.7 x 18.3 cm. Online: http://www.bassenge.com/
Author Giulio Bonasone

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