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Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini

Title	Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle
Artist	Gaetano Piccini
Date	1727 18th century
Medium	Pen and brown ink
Classification	Drawings
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of János Scholz, 1960
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Zoological illustration

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