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Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)second half of

David (Study for a Painting)Guercino (Italian; 1591–1666)ca. 1636Pen and brown ink The British Museu

The Triumph of DavidLorenzo Lippi (Italian; 1606–1665)Oil on canvasDorotheum, Vienna, Austria

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

Hercules and the HydraGuercino (Italian; 1591–1666)Drawing in red chalkca. 1640s–50sThe British Muse

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

David (Study for a Painting)Guercino (Italian; 1591–1666)ca. 1636Pen and brown ink The British Museu

Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)second half of

Orpheus and EurydiceAgostino Carracci (Italian; 1557–1602)ca. 1590–95Engraving on ivory laid paperNa

Andrea Appiani, the Elder (Italian; 1754–1817)General Louis-Charles-Antoine Desaix Reading an Order

Cadmus Killing the Dragon by Antonio Tempesta (1606)

Theseus and the Minotaur by Antonio Tempesta (1606)

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian; 1610–1662)Venus Pouring a Balm on the Wound of AeneasOil on c

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Francesco Zugno (Italian; 1709–1787)Armida Crowning the Sleeping Rinaldo with a Garland of FlowersOi

Constellation of ArctophylaxMiniature on vellum by Giovanni VendraminPadua, 1475–80The New York Publ

Matteo Rosselli (Italian; 1578–1650)The Triumph of DavidOil on canvas, 1621Musée du Louvre, Paris; p

Rinaldo and the Mirror-ShieldFrancesco Maffei (Italian; ca. 1605–1660)ca. 1650–55Oil on copper J. Pa

Perseus Armed by Mercury and Minerva (A Young Hero Armed by Bellona and Mercury)Paris Bordone (Itali

Achilles Swears an Oath to Avenge the Dead Patroclus, Killed by HectorBartolomeo Pinelli (Italian; 1

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