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Dish (piatto); The story of Hercules: Hercules lifts the giant Antaeus clear of the Earth, his mother, from whom he derived his phenomenal strength
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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian Deruta
Rights: Public Domain
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Dish (piatto); The story of Hercules: Hercules lifts the giant Antaeus clear of the Earth, his mother, from whom he derived his phenomenal strength
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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian Deruta.
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