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Antonio Tempesta

Plate 115: The Rape of Caenis (Caenis in virginitatis amißae solatium in virum fortiß.m a Neptuno transformatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

1606
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10.1 × 11.6 cm (4 × 4.6 in)

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