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Adonis dying in the lap of Venus. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778
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Adonis dying in the lap of Venus. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778

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Lettering: Antonio Raphaeli Mengs Caroli III Hispan. reg. ut quondam Alexandri Magni Apelles, pictori; Graecorum summis artificibus comparando; imaginem Adonidis morientis in sinu Veneris nuper in exquiliis detectam, in aenea tabula expressam, amicus amico dulcissimo D.D.D. MDCCLXXVIII. Cum privilegio S.S.D.N. Pii VI. Eques Antonius Raphael Mengs delin. Angelus Campanella sculpsit. Bears number: II.

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