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Cicero at His Villa
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Francis Calley Gray bequest to nephew 1856.
William Gray gift to Harvard University 1857.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
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Wall Painting Fragment from the Villa at Boscotrecase
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