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Johannes Meursius

Plate 13: Cybele in her chariot, drawn by lions; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

1636
Engraving
37.1 × 27.8 cm (14.6 × 10.9 in)

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