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Salvator Rosa

Dream of Aeneas: Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and points upward with his left hand

ca. 1663–64
Etching and drypoint
35.1 × 23.3 cm (13.8 × 9.2 in)

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