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Michele Desubleo, Sophonisba receives the poison from Masinissa (ca. 1650)
Title: Michele Desubleo, Sophonisba receives the poison from Masinissa (ca. 1650)
Description:
Oil on canvas, 96 × 148.
5 cm.
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