Recto: Christ healing paralytics near the pool of Bethesda; Verso, above: Mercury, patron of travellers; Verso, below: studies of a man near an open door, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Vertical rectangle. Verso: At right, a circular, arcaded area, in which a number of people are seated. Others are seen in the narrow aisle surrounding the area, sitting and lying about. Christ stands in the foreground, approaching one of the recumbent figures. Recto, top: Horizontal rectangle. A statue, center, with groups of people moving

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