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Allegory of love, hope and plenty
View through The Met
Glass engraved and partly polished
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Munsey Fund 1927
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X-radiograph(s) of "Allegory with Two Cupids"
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X-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Detail : Cherub bottom right
Burroughs Number: 1064
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Artist: Italian School
Title: Allegory with Two Cupids
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