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Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino

Plate 9: Mars in a niche, holding a sword above his head with his right arm, and a shield on his left arm, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

1526
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21 × 10.8 cm (8.3 × 4.3 in)

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