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The rape of Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila after G. Rossi after Annibale Carracci.
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The rape of Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila after G. Rossi after Annibale Carracci.

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Lettering: Axe trahit roseo Cephalum, Titone relicto, Invitumque Aurora sinu rapit: ille recusat Amplexus; remoratur iter, praenuncia Solis Immemor et lucis, fulvique oblita diei. Annibal Carraccius pinx. in aedibus Farnesianis. Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp. Bears number: 9.

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