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Carlo Cesi|François Collignon|Arnold van Westerhout|Annibale Carracci

Plate 27: The female personification of Fortitude, holding a pillar and stroking a lion; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

1657
Etching
15 × 10.5 cm (5.9 × 4.1 in)

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