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Giulio Carpioni

Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows, behind her a triton and other inhabitants of the sea rise from the water surface, from "The Elements"

1640–60
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10.5 × 14.7 cm (4.1 × 5.8 in)

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