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Battista Franco

The Abduction of Dejanira, at center in the arms of the centaur Nessus, Hercules at right shooting the centaur with an arrow, Achelous reclining with his cornucopia at lower right

ca. 1530–61
Etching; first state of three
25 × 39.3 cm (9.8 × 15.5 in)

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