Harvard Art Museums
The Ashes of Memnon are Transformed into Birds
Johann Wilhelm Baur
- Date
- c. 1640
- Medium
- Etching
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Department of Prints
- Institution
- Harvard Art Museums
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