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

Neptune rising from the sea and bearing a staff, accompanied by two horse-headed sea creatures, reverse copy after a series of engravings by Cherubino Alberti of mythological scenes after Polidoro da Caravaggio

ca. 1550–1600
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14.7 × 14.5 cm (5.8 × 5.7 in)

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