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Pietro Santi Bartoli|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

Simon Magus attempting to fly as Saints Peter and Paul, Emperor Nero, and two soldiers look on, from a series of 15 plates, depicting Raphael's works for the Vatican stanze and the Sistine Chapel tapestries

1650–70
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11.6 × 28.8 cm (4.6 × 11.3 in)

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