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Ganymede, Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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Ganymede, Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

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Lettering: Ganymedes in caelum ab aquila raptus. Terga dedit Galatea fugae, dedit impiger Acis Dum furit insano Polyphemus percitus igne: Insequitur saevus partemque e monte reuellens, Intulit, et totum scopulo ferus obruit Acin. Annibal Carraccius pinx in aedibus farnesianis Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp. Bears number: 3.

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