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Frontispiece for 'The Works of Scarron' (Œuvres de Scarron); the poet sitting in a chair, seen from behind, women to either side representing caricatures of the nine muses, Pan, Bacchus, and Pegasus on a representation of Mt. Helicon above

Stefano della Bella

Credit: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

1649
Etching
19.7 x 15.7cm
2012.136.560
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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