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Bartolomeo Coriolano|Guido Reni

Allegory of a thesis, two women hold inscribed tablets

1640
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks printed and green (only state)
34.8 × 46.8 cm (13.7 × 18.4 in)

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