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Allegory of Transience by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione — VisualArtsDB

Allegory of Transience

Allegory of Transience

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1655

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 18.1 x 26.2 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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