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Jan Brueghel the Elder|Jean Jacques Avril, the Elder|Peter Paul Rubens

The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus

1778
Engraving; second state of two (Dutuit)
40.5 × 50.8 cm (15.9 × 20 in)

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