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Illustration to Life of Dion from La Seconda Parte delle Vite di Plutarcho di greco in latino & di latino in volgare tradotte, plate 85 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1538, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
5 × 7.2 cm (2 × 2.8 in)

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