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Frieze with Grotesques and a Horned and Bearded Figure Between Strapwork at Center
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Engraving
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
Title: Frieze with Grotesques and a Horned and Bearded Figure Between Strapwork at Center
Description:
Engraving.
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