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A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fa
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Etching, Turns of fantasy (Scherzi di fantasia)
Rights: Public Domain
Turns of fantasy (Scherzi di fantasia), Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Phyllis Massar 2011
Title: A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fa
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Etching, Turns of fantasy (Scherzi di fantasia).
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