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Antonio Tempesta

Plate 117: The Dispute over Achilles' Armor (Disceptatio inter Aiacem et Ulyssem propter arma Achillis), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

1606
Etching
10.2 × 11.6 cm (4 × 4.6 in)

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