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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio

The Expulsion from Paradise with an Angel wielding a sword behind Adam and Eve

1570–1615
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18.5 × 16.8 cm (7.3 × 6.6 in)

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