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Joachim Wtewael|Willem van Swanenburg|Christoffel van Sichem I

The Behading of the Roman Judge Papinian, from Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..., plate 5

1605–6
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30 × 38.7 cm (11.8 × 15.2 in)

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