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Antonio Canova|Giovanni Tognolli|Domenico Marchetti

Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817
Engraving and etching
70 × 52.5 cm (27.6 × 20.7 in)

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