Artistic disposition of human figure with weight shifted to one foot

A kneeling woman holding out her hands in different directions. Crayon-manner print by J.C. François after Daniele da Volterra.

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A kneeling woman holding out her hands in different directions. Crayon-manner print by J.C. François after Daniele da Volterra.