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Lamotte-Houdar|Nicolas Henry Tardieu|Charles Antoine Coypel|Jean de La Fontaine

Book 3, Fable 12: Pluto and Proserpina

1719
Etching and engraving
8 × 9.7 cm (3.1 × 3.8 in)

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