Recto: Lamentation over the dead Christ; Verso: Zeuxis painting Helen of Troy, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, grayish-brown wash on laid paper, Recto: Christ is shown lying upon a sarcophagus. Two angels hold lighted candles near his head. The Virgin kneels beside it. Four other women, and an indistinct figure in the back, mourn the dead Christ. Below is a framing line, part of which is on -2648a. A few strokes at the lower edge belong to -2648a. Verso, vertically: Zeuxis uses a number of models to fashion an image of Helen of Troy

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