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Pierre Brebiette|François Langlois

Composition with three figure groups: at left a woman struggles with a male assailant, at center a female satyr and male satryr sit upon a pedestal, at right putti surround two young satyrs riding a goat, from a series of twelve frieze-like designs showing bacchanals, sacrifices, and dances

ca. 1617–25
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7.4 × 25.4 cm (2.9 × 10 in)

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