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Allegory of Life
Giorgio Ghisi, 1561
- Artist
- Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)
- Date
- 1561
- Medium
- Engraving; second state of six (BLL)
- Size
- Sheet (Trimmed): 14 3/4 × 21 3/16 in. (37.5 × 53.8 cm)
- Type
- Prints
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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