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Marcantonio Raimondi|Raphael

Hope personified as a woman standing in a niche facing right, holding a container of unleavened bread in both hands, from 'The Virtues'

ca. 1515–25
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21.4 × 10.8 cm (8.4 × 4.3 in)

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