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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio

Jupiter, seated above two eagles and embracing Cupid, a round composition from a series of mythological scenes after Polidoro da Caravaggio

ca. 1590
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19.7 × 15 cm (7.8 × 5.9 in)

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