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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 and engraving
24.4 × 34.1 cm (9.6 × 13.4 in)

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