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Antonio Tempesta

Plate 105: Diana aiming her bow toward Chione, who is accompanied by two children, in another scene at left Mercury approaches the sleeping Chione, from a series illustrating 'The Metamorphoses' of Ovid

1606
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12 × 13.4 cm (4.7 × 5.3 in)

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