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Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. Maron, 1779
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Adonis setting out on a hunt. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. Maron, 1779

Anton von Maron

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Lettering: 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. Bears dedication to the memory of Anton Raphael Mengs, who died in 1779. Bears number: IV.

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