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Giovanni Antonio da Brescia|Giovanni Pietro da Birago

A Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments, from Twelve Ornamental Panels

1490–1515
Engraving
55.7 × 9.3 cm (21.9 × 3.7 in)

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