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Moses van Uyttenbroeck

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, plate 4 from The Story of Mercury and Argus

c. 1620-26
Etching and platetone on ivory laid paper
13 × 18.5 cm (5.1 × 7.3 in)

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