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Andrea Boscoli

Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent

1595/99
Pen and brown ink, with brush and grayish-green wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
11 × 16.7 cm (4.3 × 6.6 in)

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