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Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Giulio Romano

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

1528
Engraving
18 × 11.8 cm (7.1 × 4.6 in)

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