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Painting Illustrating the Muses, Above All Things Delightful

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Painting Illustrating the Muses, Above All Things Delightful
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In the southwest pendentive painting, a young woman plays the lute. The ribbon banner above her is inscribed "Dulce ante omnia musae" (The Muses, above all things, delightful).

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