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Anonymous|Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Le Blond

Vessel with grotesque masks, griffins, and a frieze populated by a bull and men in bas-relief (reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti, in turn after Polidoro da Caravaggio)

ca 1550–1600
Engraving
24 × 16.3 cm (9.4 × 6.4 in)

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