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Virgil Solis

Two men and a woman playing cards at a table, one man pressing his nose toward the woman's forehead, from a series of ten scenes of musicians and couples dancing, drinking, playing music, and playing cards

ca. 1535–62
Engraving
5.9 × 4.7 cm (2.3 × 1.9 in)

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