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Gaspar Becerra, A flayed man holding his own skin, 1556.
Etching and engraving. 216 mm x 151 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Attributed to Gaspar Becerra (ca. 1520 - 1570)
RA Collection: Art
216 mm x 151 mm
Historia De la composicion del cuerpo humano, escrita por Ioan de Valverde de Hamusco. - En Roma.: [1556]
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