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Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella
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Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella

Anton von Maron

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Lettering: Bears number: IV. Bears dedication to the memory of Anton Raphael Mengs, who died in 1779. Memoriae Antonii Raphaelis Mengs pictoris philosophi nuper extincti, exquilinam Adonidis venatoris picturam in aenea tabula expressam amicus D.D.D. MDCCLXXIX. Cum privilegio S.S.D.N. Pii VI. Eques Antonius Maron delin. Angelus Campanella sculpsit.

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