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René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry

Medea and Her Chariot Drawn by Dragons (Echevellée et nue par nuit brune, en lieu désert invoque astres et lune...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"

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15.8 × 23.2 cm (6.2 × 9.1 in)

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