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Harpies (Greek mythology)

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  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.
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    A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

    Dulatova, O. | Date: 1990 | Reference: 541404i
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    Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: [1675?] | Reference: 2897508i
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    Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Reference: 44561i
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    Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1660-1690 | Reference: 562754i
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