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Workmen trying to remove a stone upon which a demon lies, plate 6 from "The Life of Saint Benedict"
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Etching, The Life of Saint Benedict
The Life of Saint Benedict, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1953
Title: Workmen trying to remove a stone upon which a demon lies, plate 6 from "The Life of Saint Benedict"
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Etching, The Life of Saint Benedict.
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