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            "inscription": "ON AN OLD SUPPORT (now removed): in graphite: 200 x 489 mm ; in graphite: Rubens   [JUS ?] ; stamped in red ink: ZOLL / I-26 / + [circled] (according to departmental cataloging sheet this is a Swiss customs stamp) ; ON AN OLD SUPPORT (now removed): embosed in red ink: P.P. Rubens ; ON OLD BACKING? (now removed): in blue ink: Versöhnung der Römer und Sabiner / auf der Rückseite: Venus entwaffnen Mars / ausst. von Rubens zeichnungen, / antwerpen, Rubenshaus sommer 1956 No 117 ; in graphite: Royal accademy, winter exhibition 1953/4"
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