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Allegorical tomb of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, in the form of a pyramid into which sculpted mourners carry her urn. Engraving by P. Bonato, 1805, after D. Del Frate after A. Canova.

Ulysses seizing Astyanax from his mother Andromache. Engraving by J.M. Schmutzer, 1778, after Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, after M. Preti.

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Allegorical tomb of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, in the form of a pyramid into which sculpted mourners carry her urn. Engraving by P. Bonato, 1805, after D. Del Frate after A. Canova.

Ulysses seizing Astyanax from his mother Andromache. Engraving by J.M. Schmutzer, 1778, after Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, after M. Preti.