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Jupiter casting thunderbolts from the sky. Engraving by M. Küsel after S. Vouet. Before 1683.
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Jupiter casting thunderbolts from the sky. Engraving by M. Küsel after S. Vouet. Before 1683.

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Lettering: Flammanti e solio vibras quos Jupiter ignes / Excipiant Aquilae, sednos haec fulmina terrent. Sim. Vouet pinx. ; Melchior Küsell ex. Augsburg. Translation of lettering: The fires which, Jupiter, you shake from your flaming throne, the eagles may carry them off, but these thunderbolts terrify us.

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