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Niccolò Vicentino|Maturino da Firenze

Cloelia the Roman hero in the centre being helped onto a horse, Rome in the background,

1540–50
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown; second state of two (Bartsch)
28 × 41.7 cm (11 × 16.4 in)

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