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Marco Dente|Raphael

Galatea riding in a shell pulled through the water by dolphins, a cupid below and four more above, at left a triton embracing a nymph and behind them a man on horseback blowing a conch, at right a figure blowing a horn and behind him a nymph riding on a centaur

ca. 1515–27
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40 × 29.3 cm (15.7 × 11.5 in)

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