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Johann Sadeler I|Maerten de Vos

Fiducia, a seated woman holds a book and banner while turning her head away from a bare-breasted woman, who lies at her feet before an assemblage of masks on the ground, from the series 'Virtues conquering vices' after Maerten de Vos

1579
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13.6 × 9 cm (5.4 × 3.5 in)

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