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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio

The Israelites fleeing Egypt with Moses at right extending his right hand and with a woman carrying an urn prostrate before him

1576
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18 × 40.5 cm (7.1 × 15.9 in)

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