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The painter Zeuxis sketching Juno who reclines before him attended by her handmaidens. Etching by J. Goupy after F. Solimena.
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The painter Zeuxis sketching Juno who reclines before him attended by her handmaidens. Etching by J. Goupy after F. Solimena.

Francesco Solimena

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Lettering: Zeuxis agragantinis facturus tabulum quam in templo Junoris laciniae publice dicarent inspexit - virgines eorum nudas, et quinque elegit ut quod in quâque laudatissimum esset pictura vedderet Plin Hist. lib. 35. Cap 9. servatur exemplar in aedibus illustrissimi principis Ducis Devoniae etc. solimeni pinxit. Jos. Goupy Londini fecit.

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