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   Antonio Tempesta
   Italian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy) 
   Aesculapius as a Serpent, among the Romans, 1606

   Series: Illustrations to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
   Print
   Etching
   10.5 x 12 cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.) 
   B. 786
   Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum,

    

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       Why are the Romans depicted in oriental costumes?

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