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Pierre Brebiette|François Langlois

Procession of draped women leading captives and animals, at left Envy rides a lion, at right Silenus rides a donkey, from a series of twelve frieze-like designs showing bacchanals, sacrifices, and dances

ca. 1617–25
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7.4 × 25.6 cm (2.9 × 10.1 in)

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