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Atrium of the Palace of Venus; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'
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Atrium of the Palace of Venus; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (26.6 × 42.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Classification

Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Mathäus Küsel

1629–1681

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