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Mirror: Venus Mourning the Dead Adonis
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Painted enamel partly gilt and partly silvered on copper; silver; glass.
Rights: Public Domain
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Mirror: Venus Mourning the Dead Adonis
Description:
Painted enamel partly gilt and partly silvered on copper; silver; glass.
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