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View of an Island with Antique Ruins (The Abduction of Europa), from: Imagini Favolose
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1575–85
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder (Italian, Vicenza ca. 1520–ca. 1583 Venice (?))
- Date
- 1575–85
- Medium
- Etching, state before initials; verso drawing in pen and ink with wash
- Size
- Sheet: 8 3/16 × 12 3/8 in. (20.8 × 31.4 cm)
- Type
- Prints
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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