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The Death of Procris; Cephalus mournig the death of Procris on the right surrounded by Cupid and mourning satyrs and nymphs, the goddess of dawn in her chariot in the background

Giorgio Ghisi

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
c. 1540
Engraving; third state of ten (bll)
39.4 x 56.5cm
51.501.7109
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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