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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Entry of the animals into Noah's ark, three men follow quadrupeds and birds striding toward the ark in the background, another male figure points the way

ca. 1650–55
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20.7 × 40.4 cm (8.1 × 15.9 in)

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