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Gorgon with Griffin
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr. Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum 1966.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
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