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Niccolò Vicentino|Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Ugo da Carpi

The contest between Apollo and Marysas

ca. 1540–1550
Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in brown
29.8 × 21.8 cm (11.7 × 8.6 in)

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