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Jacopo Bassano

Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

n.d.
Black chalk with brush and brown wash, on blue laid paper (discolored to brownish green), laid down on cream wove card
37.6 × 22.8 cm (14.8 × 9 in)

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