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Nymph of the Grot

Nicholas Penny

  • The Culture of the High Renaissance by Ingrid Rowland
  • Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco Colonna, translated by Joscelyn Godwin
  • After Raphael: Painting in Central Italy in the 16th Century by Marcia Hall

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Nicholas Penny is the director of the National Gallery.

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