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Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder

View of an Island with Antique Ruins (The Abduction of Europa), from: Imagini Favolose

1575–85
Etching, state before initials; verso drawing in pen and ink with wash
20.8 × 31.4 cm (8.2 × 12.4 in)

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