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Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)
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Etching and engraving; fifth state of five the plate reduced as published in 1697 or 1698
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1963
Title: Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)
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Etching and engraving; fifth state of five the plate reduced as published in 1697 or 1698.
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