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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio

Vase with a monster at center, two cornucopias, and two flanking winged female figures

1565–1615
Engraving
23.3 × 15.8 cm (9.2 × 6.2 in)

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