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René Boyvin|Rosso Fiorentino

Empedocles, standing frontally with his head turned in three-quarter view, directs his gaze toward a flame (the crater of Mount Aetna?) emerging from a horizontal ground line, a walking stick leans toward the right margin

ca. 1545–63
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26.5 × 16.5 cm (10.4 × 6.5 in)

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