Claes Jansz. Visscher|Pieter de Jode I|Bartholomeus Spranger

Venus Commanding Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

ca. 1590–92
Engraving
25.3 × 20.1 cm (10 × 7.9 in)

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