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Water nymphs (naiads) seated by a pool, and Argos watching over Io in the form of a cow. Etching by Joseph Wood, 1746, after Claude Lorraine.

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Water nymphs (naiads) seated by a pool, and Argos watching over Io in the form of a cow. Etching by Joseph Wood, 1746, after Claude Lorraine.