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Antonio Tempesta

Plate 116: The Battle of the Lapithae and the Centaurs (Caeneus in Perithoi nuptijs a Centauris interficitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

1606
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10.1 × 11.5 cm (4 × 4.5 in)

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