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Andrea Boscoli|Bernardo Buontalenti (Bernardo delle Girandole)|Agostino Carracci

Stage set for the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in Florence in 1589; Apollo and the Python

1589–92
Etching, engraving
23.2 × 32.4 cm (9.1 × 12.8 in)

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