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Painting Illustrating Study, the Watchword of Fame

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Painting Illustrating Study, the Watchword of Fame
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In the southeast pendentive painting, a young woman holds an open book. The ribbon banner above her is incribed "Efficiunt clarum studio" (They make it clear by study).




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