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Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Marco Dente

A faun standing in a niche holding aloft a bunch of grapes in his left hand and holding a bundle of fruit in his right hand, a dog lower left

ca. 1515–1600
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21.4 × 11.2 cm (8.4 × 4.4 in)

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